[FC2] Nautilus doesn't preview audio files

Aaron Gaudio prothonotar at tarnation.dyndns.org
Thu Jul 22 21:42:16 UTC 2004


You need the xmms-mp3 package, available from several sources (I got
mine from freshrpms).

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 14:59 -0400, Steve Brown wrote:
> Under gnome, I couldn't even play an .mp3 file, much less preview it.
> I got a "Couldn't open audio" message when I tried to play an .mp3
> file with xmms.  Previewing didn't seem to work either, although the
> option for it was checked.  Under KDE, I can play .mp3's just fine.
> 
> Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> > Has anyone noticed that Nautilus doesn't seem to preview .ogg and .mp3
> > files anymore?
> > 
> > Using FC1, I could just set the mouse over an .ogg file and Nautilus
> > would play a bit of it. This seems to be gone in FC2.
> > 
> > Can anyone check if it works for them, please.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Marc.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   
> 
> 
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> Steven J. Brown
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