FC2 & multimedia

[Advent Systems]

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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