FC2 & multimedia

[Cyber Source]

mv your /etc/apt/sources.list and replace it with the one attached. Then 
run "apt-get update" to poll the new list the run "apt-get install xmms-mp3"

Advent Systems wrote:

> Jesse,
>    Ok, I got apt-get installed and I got my repository set up but 
> when  run "apt-get install xmms-mp3 " I get the message "Reading 
> Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package xmms-mp3"
> Whats up?
>
> Bob
>
> Advent Systems wrote:
>
>> Jesse,
>>    Is it possable I dont have  "apt-get" installed on my system?   
>> When I ran the commands you suggsted I get a "command not found" 
>> message.  I went searching for info and the apt-get  site says I 
>> should have /etc/apt/sources.list. files and I dont ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>
>> Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
>>
>>> Geez, come on people don't talk about Fedora if you don't use it. 
>>> There absolutely nothing we can't do in Fedora Core X. All you have 
>>> to do is use apt-get.
>>>
>>> $ apt-get install xmms-mp3
>>>
>>> Viola! As long as you have a decent repository list you should grab 
>>> it fine. I don't know what the problem with Samba is, but we do just 
>>> fine, perhaps Dad would be the one to ask about that if you have a 
>>> question. I don't know where else or what other kinds of multi-media 
>>> problems you may be having, but feel free to e-mail me with any 
>>> questions about Fedora, I think I have pretty much everything 
>>> tweaked. The only other thing you may find is that K3B doesn't 
>>> support mp3's either right out of the box, but that's simple too:
>>>
>>> $ apt-get install k3b-mp3
>>>
>>> See a pattern? Whatever reason's- and there are many -that the 
>>> Fedora gurus don't support mp3's I don't see it a big hassle if you 
>>> know what to do. As long as the distro stays free, which I think the 
>>> whole point of that is, we're happy. Core 2, like anything you know 
>>> inside and out, work's great once you learn it. Remember when Linux 
>>> was hard? Hope that helps, -Jesse
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 12:41, Stephen Burke wrote:
>>>
>>>> /Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have just finished installing BLAG linux ( 
>>>> _http://www.blagblagblag.org/_ ) to replace a SuSE 8.2 system that 
>>>> fried in various ways I do not yet fully understand, practically 
>>>> the same day that I had finally gotten it configured to play just 
>>>> about any media file I could find. It appears, from the 
>>>> installation and startup visuals, that it is based on FCx, so it 
>>>> will probably run on your machine. I am still trying to rebuild 
>>>> something resembling the SuSE system that died, so I am just 
>>>> tasting the flavor of this particular linux. So far, it seems to be 
>>>> very madia friendly (xmms {with mp3 support}, mplayer, xine, etc, 
>>>> all on one CD). I did an "Everything" install to save time on 
>>>> package selection and since I have more than enough room on this 
>>>> HD, so I am confident that there is much more here that I have not 
>>>> even discovered yet.
>>>>
>>>> I would recommend it highly.
>>>>
>>>> I know that RH took mp3 functionality out of 9 (easily replaced 
>>>> with rpms from somewhere out there), but I'm not sure what fedora 
>>>> does, since, until now, I have only used a couple of FC 
>>>> installations briefly, as I have not been able to get Samba running 
>>>> properly on it. Same here with blag, so far, except this time I am 
>>>> determined to get it working, since it also comes with XFce and 
>>>> blackbox window managers, which is nice. No KDE, though, so 
>>>> kaffeine, one of the better media players I have found, could be 
>>>> tricky to install.
>>>>
>>>> Any help with Samba on fedora would be most welcome. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Hope it works for you,
>>>> *S.*
>>>>
>>>> Advent Systems wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>    This my be a really stupid question but does anyone know if you 
>>>>> can play multimedia files in FC2, mp3 files for starters?  If you 
>>>>> read my previous posts I'm using FC2 for the first time.  I was 
>>>>> unable to purchase a boxed set so I have no manuals, the xmms site 
>>>>> (my favorite player) only supports FC1 and other sites seem to 
>>>>> imply FC2 is not multimedia friendly.  Since I work in the AV 
>>>>> industry I need something at least as usable as suse or mandrake.  
>>>>> I dont need it to do actual production work as I use industry 
>>>>> specific windows based programs for this at work.  Any advice on a 
>>>>> multimedia friendly based distro would help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Bob Randal
>>>>> PS: I all reddy tried coral Linux, RH7, mandrake 8 & 9, and suse  
>>>>> 8.   They worked fine  as far as the  multimedia aspect but  as 
>>>>> you see from my previous posts  in the past week FC2 is the only 
>>>>> distro that  will not lockup my computer.   I'm sure I  could  put 
>>>>> suse back on  right now and it may run fine for a few days but 
>>>>> thats nuts.  If  I cant find something it's back to  windows for a 
>>>>> while  :(
>>>>>
>>>>> BR
>>>>>
>>>> /
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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