On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:22:37PM -0600, Adam McDaniel wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:37:51PM +0000, p wrote: > > pardon my asking, but how, exactly, does xmms work? (i type, "xmms" > > in a console, get the xmms "skin," click the ">" ("play") button, > > and select my *.mpg. the "skin" and console just "stare" (and must be > > laughing at me, secretly). > > what exactly were you expecting? :) or are you more asking 'how do you > use it?' > > Checkout http://www.xmms.org/features.html and faq.html for a listing on > what it can do. Even documentation.html would be helpful :) > > In terms of playing videos, it works by using a series of plugins available > for it, so along with playing mp3s you could play avi's, mpeg's, etc by > downloading the package and enabling them through the xmms preferences. > > -- > Adam McDaniel > Infrastructure Technology Consultant > M-Tech Mercury Information Technology, Inc. > //
...looks like i've got some "plugins" work to do. thx (and thx to hereward cooper!). bentley taylor. //