Replacement for XMMS?

Dave Gavin dgavin at davegavin.com
Thu Jan 22 03:36:32 UTC 2004


 xmms is in there, just minus the mp3 support. Install apt and try this:

	"apt-get install xmms-mp3"

 and you'll be in business. You can also go for some other add-ons:

xmms-crossfade
xmms-aac
xmms-imms
xmms-alarm
xmms-morestate
xmms-xosd
xmms-blursk
xmms-flac

 Have fun,

  Dave Gavin

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:17:59 -0500
Brian Hartman <bhartman24 at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 22:11, Mike Klinke wrote:
> 
> Admittedly, I didn't look at the package list, but when I tried to run
> the command, I received the message:
> 
> "Due to patent licensing, and conflicts between such patent licenses and
> the licenses of application source code, MPEG-1/2 audio layer 3 (MP3)
> support has been removed from this application by Red Hat, Inc.  We
> apologize for this inconvenience."
> 
> > On Wednesday 21 January 2004 21:02, Brian Hartman wrote:
> > > Hi, everyone.
> > >
> > > I'm a bit disappointed that Fedora doesn't include XMMS.  I tried
> > > to install the source, but I need a version of glib that may
> > > potentially break everything else.  Does anyone have a suggestion? 
> > > Can I install the newer RPM without breaking anything, or is there
> > > an MP3 program I can use as a substitute for XMMS?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Brian
> > 
> > Perhaps I mis-understood what you wrote above but what leads you to 
> > believe that xmms isn't included in Fedora?
> > 
> > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/1/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/
> > 
> > Regards,  Mike Klinke
> > 
> 
> 
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