System-config-soundcard

[David Bruzos]

Hi Ken:
I think you should try to get mplayer working.  MPlayer is the best, most powerful audio/video player I have ever seen.  
The repos that Janina has given you are very good.  Specially, the freshrpms.net repository has great mplayer rpms.  One 
thing though, the pre-compiled mplayer is going to be a little slower than if you compile mplayer your self.  However, 
it is a very good place to start.
Also, when you compile mplayer your self you can add one of the codec packages from the mplayer home page 
(www.mplayerhq.hu) that will add lots of functionality to your install.  With these codecs, you will be able to play 
windows media 9, quicktime 6, real audio 9, and a bunch  of the other more obscure formats out there.
Anyway, if you want a quick mp3/mp2/mp1 audio player, you can try to install a little program called "mpg321".  After 
you have your yum repos configured, you should be able to just do:
# yum install mpg321

MPG321 has no fw/rw/pause/etc controls, but it is great to play mp3's in the background and to convert to wave...

David B.



On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:42:38AM -0500, Kenneth Lee wrote:
> Janina, thanks for these tips and your help getting everything running.  I
> have used yum a few times and it really does make installs a breeze.  
> 
> I don't know if the repos's you mentioned are included in my yum setup, but
> I'll add them if they are not.  I can't remember where I got my yum config
> file, I found one out there in the www and just started using it.
> 
> Regards, Ken -N5SWR
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
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> Subject: Re: System-config-soundcard
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> 
> Suggest you get mplayer working for real audio, and for many other
> formats. Best way, imho, is to get yum working with some additional
> repositories. In particular, add the following "repos" (repositories):
> 
> 
> [dag]
> name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core
> baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1 
> 
> 
> 
> [freshrpms]
> name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpm
> s
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1
> 
> 
> With these two added, (separate files under /etc/yum.repos if your yum
> is new enough--I'm sorry I don't recall your Fedora version), you can
> then do things like:
> 
> yum install mplayer
> 
> I promise, it's by far the easiest way to deal with installs--especially
> for applications like mplayer that literally have a dozen dependencies.
> 
> 
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