FC2 & multimedia

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Tue Nov 9 08:18:20 EST 2004 

If you want to just get it going for the immediate, you could find the 
offending source location in the sources.list file and comment them out 
temporarily. Then run apt-get update again. Then try and get your 
package (s).

Advent Systems wrote:

> Thanks Cyber Source,
>    Everything was moving along till I hit "Could not connect to 
> freshrpms.atrpms.net:80 (160.45.32.86), connection timed out"  there 
> site was down.  Will try later.
>
> Thanks again,
> Bob Randal
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> /
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> # You can use the file:/ entries for creating your local repository 
>> mirrors.
>>
>> # Fedora Core 2
>> #cyb#rpm        http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 core 
>> updates
>> #rpm        http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 tupdates
>> #rpm-src    http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 core updates
>> #rpm-src    http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 tupdates
>>
>>
>> # ATrpms for Fedora Core 2
>> # Possible sections: at-stable, at-good, at-testing, at-bleeding
>> #rpm        http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/2/en/i386 at-stable
>> #rpm-src    http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/2/en/i386 at-stable
>>
>>
>> # FreshRPMS for Fedora Core 2
>> rpm        http://freshrpms.atrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 freshrpms
>> #cyb#rpm        http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 freshrpms
>> #rpm-src    http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 freshrpms
>>
>>
>> # NewRPMS for Fedora Core 2
>> rpm        http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc2 newrpms
>> rpm        http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc2 newrpms
>> #rpm-src    http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc2 newrpms
>>
>>
>> # Dag Wieers' rpms for Fedora Core 2
>> #rpm        http://apt.sw.be redhat/fc2/en/i386 dag
>> #rpm-src    http://apt.sw.be redhat/fc2/en/i386 dag
>>
>>
>> #JPackage for Fedora Core 2
>> rpm        ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/generic free
>> ### rpm        ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/fedora-2 
>> free
>> #rpm-src    ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/generic free 
>> non-free
>> #rpm-src    ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/fedora-2 free
>>
>>
>> # Planet CCRMA for Fedora Core 2
>> rpm        http://planetccrma.atrpms.net/apt fedora/2/i386 planetcore 
>> planetccrma
>> rpm        http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/apt fedora/2/i386 
>> planetcore planetccrma
>> #rpm-src    http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/apt fedora/2/i386 
>> planetccrma
>>
>>
>> # NyQuist for Fedora Core 2 (Matthew Hall's GNOME2 pakages)
>> #rpm        http://people.ecsc.co.uk/~matt/downloads/apt 
>> fedora-2-i386 production testing
>> #rpm-src    http://people.ecsc.co.uk/~matt/downloads/apt 
>> fedora-2-i386 production testing
>>
>>
>> # GStreamer for Fedora Core 2
>> rpm        http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/pkg/ fedora/2/i386 gst
>> #rpm-src    http://gstreamer.net/releases/redhat/ fedora/2/i386 gst
>>
>>
>> # Arjan's 2.6 test rpms
>> #cyb#rpm        http://people.redhat.com arjanv/2.5 kernel
>> #rpm-src    http://people.redhat.com arjanv/2.5 kernel
>>
>>
>> # kde-redhat.org for Fedora Core 2
>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/kde-redhat 2   stable
>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/kde-redhat all stable
>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/fedora 2   stable
>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/fedora all stable
>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat 2   stable
>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat all stable
>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/fedora 2   stable
>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/fedora all stable
>> #rpm-src    ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat 2   stable
>> #rpm-src    ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat all stable
>>
>>
>> # Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Dries' repo
>> #cyb#rpm        http://apt.sw.be dries/fedora/fc2/i386 dries
>> #rpm-src    http://apt.sw.be dries/fedora/fc2/i386 dries
>>
>>
>> # Fedora Core 2 - i386 - spc
>> # Possible sections: production, testing, experimental, graveyard
>> ### rpm        http://spc.atrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 production
>> #rpm        http://rpms.subpop.net fedora/linux/2/i386 production
>> #rpm-src    http://rpms.subpop.net fedora/linux/2/i386 production
>>
>>
>> # BIOrpms repository for Fedora Core 2
>> rpm        http://apt.bea.ki.se/biorpms fedora/linux/2/i386 biorpms
>> #rpm-src    http://apt.bea.ki.se/biorpms fedora/linux/2/i386 biorpms
>>
>>  
>>

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