On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 06:41:46PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: > > This is strange: I can play video files with sound, I can play flash video > with > sound, but when I try to play a music file (mp3) in either Rhythmbox or Exaile > the progress bar does not move and the file will not play. > > I don't know if this is related, but I have two volume icons in my panel, the > one that I added myself and now one in the notification area. They appear the > same, but the icon in my panel has the usual config options, whereas the icon > in the notification area has a minimal menu with prefs that look like the ones > for Pulseaudio. > > System is Testing/Unstable. > > -- > J
I don't think Debian ships with mp3 playback out of the box. I don't know the exact package that handles it. Amarok pulls everything it needs.. $ aptitude search ~dmp3 | grep ^i i A libflac8 - Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C libr i A libmad0 - MPEG audio decoder library i A libmp3lame0 - LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder i A libmpcdec3 - Musepack (MPC) format library i A libmtp7 - Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library i A libmusicbrainz4c2a - Second generation incarnation of the CD In i A libnjb5 - Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox library i A libopenal1 - Software implementation of the OpenAL API i A libsdl-mixer1.2 - mixer library for Simple DirectMedia Layer i A libshout3 - MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library i A libsmpeg0 - SDL MPEG Player Library - shared libraries i A libtag1c2a - TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library i A libtagc0 - TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library (C bindings i A libtunepimp5 - MusicBrainz tagging library i A libtwolame0 - MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoding library i A libvlc0 - multimedia player and streamer library i A libxine1 - the xine video/media player library, meta- i A libxine1-plugins - the xine video/media player library, meta i A python-mutagen - audio metadata editing library i A rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME i A serpentine - An application for creating audio CDs i vlc - multimedia player and streamer i A vlc-nox - multimedia player and streamer (without X Everything works fine here. I assume one of the above will take care of everything. -- Daryl Styrk Naples FL, USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
