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Playing sound in Linux
Name: ShikiBrun Date: August 11, 2005 at 22:55:25 Pacific OS: FreeDOS/MSDOS7 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 256 MB
Comment:
Hey, I'm new to linux and i have a question. What media files used under Linux and how can i play them?
i've noticed i cannot play MP3 using the players came with Linux, but i guess i can do it somehow.
Name: Sephiroth Date: August 12, 2005 at 05:48:57 Pacific
Reply:
what distro of linux are you using? if you're using the latest versions of redhat/fedora/slackware, they dont come with mp3 support out of the box anymore. the older versions do but they removed it a while back. you need to download the package that adds it back. If you post back with your distro I can give you a link, or just google mp3 support and the name of your distro. Linux supports ogg vorbis files by default. I know fedora core has a tool to convert mp3 to ogg.
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Response Number 2
Name: ShikiBrun Date: August 12, 2005 at 09:41:27 Pacific
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First of all, thanks.
I use Fedora Core and i would like to get some links.
I will also search google.
Thanks.
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Response Number 3
Name: ShikiBrun Date: August 12, 2005 at 11:13:17 Pacific
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