Re: mp3/audio playback problems and other things


Subject: Re: mp3/audio playback problems and other things
From: Hollis Blanchard (hollis@amulet.co.jp)
Date: Fri Aug 04 2000 - 08:33:35 MDT


Craig Snoke wrote:
>
> Hi all. I'm having a strange problem. I have YDL 1.2 installed on a UMAX
> s900, and I've enabled sound. I get all the little system beeps and
> Enlightenment sounds fine. I can play audio cd's with no problems. However,
> I can't seem to play mp3's. When I use xmms (installed with YDL 1.2), even
> with the volume maxed out, there is no audio output. I can tell the mp3 file
> is playing, though, because the spectrum meters on xmms respond to the mp3
> file.

Check your xmms preferences - what is Output Plugin set to? Try switching
it. I think OSS seems to be doing better than esound these days...

> Also, has anyone else noticed the GNOME is sluggish compared to KDE on PPC?
> Maybe I'm having GNOME configuration problems in general.

Newer versions of Gnome are better of course.. but KDE is good. It all
depends on your hardware anyways.

-Hollis



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