On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:20:36 +0100
Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
Hans van Middendorp on 02/07/06 21:28, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:48:20 +0100
Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
Thomas Jollans on 02/07/06 15:05, wrote:
Adam Hardy wrote:
Just did a general upgrade in etch and accepted all bugs and
have problems now with rhythmbox, which won't play any MP3s
now. it'll play OGG files, but not MP3s.
Trying to fix it, I came across some directions for testing
files with gstreamer, and I realise that rhythmbox considers
itself a Gnome app, but I'm using KDE. I don't have gstreamer
installer, it looks like a heavy-weight Gnome component, maybe
even a daemon but I'm not sure. So to test, I should install
gstreamer, but I'm not convinced I need gstreamer at all in
KDE. But perhaps rhythmbox has changed now to work only under
Gnome.
Anyone know what the situation is?
GStreamer is a library that is used heavily in Gnome, but does
not use a daemon by default. (unlike arts...) It does not hurt
to install gstreamer and gstreamer should not depend on anything
rhythmbox didn't depend on anyway... (like glib etc)
Sorry Thomas, meant to send that to the list.
I installed gstreamer but I don't have the command 'basicgthread'
which it seems I need to run from the cmd line to test play my
mp3s.
I tried running rhythmbox under gnome and but that made no
difference.
So what is gstreamer or more to the point, how do I get rhythmbox
to use it, if even that is what the MP3 problem is all about?
I am not sure if Rhythmbox is using gstreamer0.8 or already 0.10.
If 0.8 it will play mp3 with gstreamer-mad. After installing that
run gst-register-0.8 in console as normal user.
If 0.10 i thimk you need gstreamer-0.10-fluendo-mp3. The gst
command is not necassary voor v0.10.
I no go, give quod-libet a try.
quod-libet didn't work either:
"Gstreamer encountered a general stream error."
There is obviously something wrong with the config because
gst-launch works OK.
When i was using Rhythmbox with Gnome 2.12 i had some problems to
get it running. In Gnome, as far as i can remember, i had to put the
sound(daemon or systen) on gstreamer, esd or alsa. Cannot remenber
which one. With Gnome 2.14 it is put on "automatic" by default.
Now, i am using Xfce4 with alsa. Rhythmbox and Quod Libet are both
working well.
Maybe you could install a light windowmanger like Fluxbox or Icewm
and see if they will run from there. But be sure that no sound
daemons from KDE or Gnome are running.
I think the problem is somewhere in the soundsystem/daemons.