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hanik
AL salam Alaikum,
Do anybody know how to play MP3 in RH8 since I tried the XMMS and tried to install mpg123 but it gives error message when runing it "COUDLN't FIND PROGRAM MPEG123"

is there any good MP3 program you advice?

Best regards,
Hani

OneOfOne
redhat doesn't support mp3.
you need to download xmms's mp3 plugin from http://www.xmms.org/ or just download it and compile it yourself or try another distro.

peace

mohamed
http://staff.xmms.org/priv/redhat8/

ErrorMsg
www.freshrpms.net
you will find all king of players there
like xine and mplayer and xmms plugins to deal with every thing
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about mpg123
sorry it's mpg321 and it's a command like tool
not plugin

hanik
I downloaded the XMMS_mpg plugin and It works now,

Thank you all,
Best regards,
Hani

hanik
it works now, but how can I use a logo under my name

Peace,
Hani

mohamed
This is called avatar
After logging in the forum, click on user_cp (user control panel) and adjust everything from there.

OneOfOne
Originally posted by ErrorMsg
www.freshrpms.net
you will find all king of players there
like xine and mplayer and xmms plugins to deal with every thing
---
about mpg123
sorry it's mpg321 and it's a command like tool
not plugin

* media-sound/mpg123
Latest version available: 0.59s-r1
Latest version installed: 0.59s-r1
Size of downloaded files: 239 kB
Homepage: http://www.mpg123.de/
Description: Real Time mp3 player
* media-sound/mpg321
Latest version available: 0.2.10-r1
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 110 kB
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpg321/
Description: Free MP3 player, drop-in replacement for mpg123

ErrorMsg
mpg123 is not free the free is mpg321
and it's not just free but also better
type
man mpg321