Re: Nautlis and audio preview

[Elton Woo <elwoo videotron ca>]

On April 30, 2003 08:59 pm, Tino Meinen wrote:
> Op wo 30-04-2003, om 18:22 schreef Mario Torre:
> > In prior versions of red hat linux, I was able to hear a preview for
> > audio files, simply putting the mouse pointer on the file icon.
> >
> > With 8, to hear mp3 preview I had to add the mpg321 package from
> > freshrpms.net, but I was able to listen ogg vorbis files out of the box.
> > In 9, I can't get this work, even on ogg vorbis files.


Elton's Linux Solution to this problem:

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Re-enabling MP3 / MPEG support in Red Hat 9 (Shrike):

1) http://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/sitexplorer.cgi?/mpg123/precompiled/

download and install: 
mpg123-0.59q-1.i386.rpm OR mpg123-0.59q.3dnow-1.i386.rpm

This will allow you to preview sound files by placing your mouse pointer
on any mp3 sound file icon in Gnome / Nautilus (will NOT work in KDE).

2)http://www.gurulabs.com/downloads.html
download and install: 
xmms-1.2.7-22.i386.rpm
mp3-1.2.7-22.i386.rpm
xmms-skins-1.2.7-22.i386.rpm

Once installed, you can now *click* on any mp3 sound file in Gnome
or KDE, and it will load in the Xmms player.

CAVEAT: If you install the mpg* packages from freshrpms, 
audio (speech) recorded CDs will suffer from the "chipmunk effect". 
Hence, I have *specifically* indicated the above sites / sources
for download.

cheers,

Elton Woo ;-)
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