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Found the way to play mp3, avi, DivX, ... in Fedora 8... Follow the steps bellow--->>

Submitted by Sherbaz on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 20:36.

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This is a user submitted how to article. You might also want to check out 7 Easy Steps To Play Music And Video In Fedora 8

1. login as root

2. Type in terminal :

yum -y install yum-priorities

3.Open up a file like this :

nano /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf

4.Contents look like this:

[main]
enabled = 1

5. Add the following to it, save and exit:

check_obsoletes = 1

6.Now install yum config using the command:

rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/f8/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm

7.Now install plugns as below

yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly

8.Remove old totem and codecs that doesnt support avi, divx, mvk... as below

yum remove totem totem-mozplugin totem-plparser

9.Install the new totem and rhythmbox that supports all formats by typing the command below:

yum install totem-xine totem-xine-mozplugin totem-xine-plparser libdvdcss libdvdnav libdvdplay xine-lib-extras-nonfree rhythmbox


NOW YOU CAN ENJOY ALL SONGS AND MOVIES.....

PLEASE DONT FORGET ME.....



play music/video in fedora 7 ›

For me it works! Thx

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 16:59.

For me it works! Thx

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Hey i followed the steps to

Submitted by naveen (not verified) on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 18:14.

Hey i followed the steps to get everything installed.. now the prob is with volume.. evry time i play music in any player what i hear is only a feeble voice.. i tried changin audio devices and also with the volume control.. they are all feeble.. i have tried installing in Fedora 7.. there it was no prob.. but i am now in Fedora 8.. Can u find any solution for this.. thank u!

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Does it happen only with

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 18:55.

Does it happen only with music files?

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ya it also comes when video

Submitted by naveen (not verified) on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 22:58.

ya it also comes when video plays.. also the video will kinda lag when maximized

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Hi Naveen, I think, the

Submitted by Sherbaz on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:27.

Hi Naveen,

I think, the reason why the video doesnt have volume is because that video file is of avi. Try installing AC3Filter and increase its audio gain to some +ve value. But I suggest not to do this, since this boosting may harm your pc sound box.

The video is lagging because you have insufficient RAM in your PC. Try disabling Desktop Effects. The same thing happened to me too...

Regards

Sherbaz Mohamed C P

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Try these steps

Submitted by Sudheer on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 06:20.

Try 7 Easy Steps To Play Music And Video In Fedora 8.

With warm regards,
Sudheer

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Sudheer,thank you! I had

Submitted by pengqianjin (not verified) on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 15:08.

Sudheer,thank you!
I had followed your advice,and found that the file type of .dat can be played.
But,the filetype of .avi didnot been supportted still.
My computer is HPg3138cx.
There were no mistakes during the steps.
Can you help me?
Thank you very much!

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Its working for me

Submitted by Sherbaz on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 16:50.

Hi Sudheer,

its working for me.
My totem player is now able to play avi too..

Actually my fedora was a freshly installed one of version 8.

its working fine with the steps I mentioned above.

Are you sure you have done the whole steps properly?

Regards

Sherbaz Mohamed C P

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That's really nice. What do

Submitted by Sudheer on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 16:55.

That's really nice.

What do you have to say, Ravi?

With warm regards,
Sudheer

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You should thank Sherbaz who

Submitted by Sudheer on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 16:54.

You should thank Sherbaz who contributed the steps. Likewise, Sherbaz may be in a better position to assist you to fix the problem. :)

I am wring a blog post on playing music and video in Fedora 8 soon. Hopefully, it will contain the details to play most file formats.

With warm regards,
Sudheer

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unable to run pirut

Submitted by ravi on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 09:39.

sir i was following thia advice to run media files,but i could not succed.
ogin as root

2. Type in terminal :

yum -y install yum-priorities

3.Open up a file like this :

nano /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf

4.Contents look like this:

[main]
enabled = 1

5. Add the following to it, save and exit:

check_obsoletes = 1

6.Now install yum config using the command:

rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/f8/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm

7.Now install plugns as below
sir now i have got problem in running pirut.whenever i try to run it this message is coming.
Component: pirut
Summary: TBa0507fdd plugins.py:277:_getpluginconf:NameError: global name 'ParsingError' is not defined

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 611, in
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 603, in main
pup = PackageUpdater(not options.autoapply, options.config)
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 80, in __init__
GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 132, in __init__
plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 116, in doConfigSetup
errorlevel=errorlevel)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 160, in _getConfig
startupconf.pluginconfpath,disabled_plugins)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 306, in doPluginSetup
plugin_types, confpath, disabled_plugins)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 145, in __init__
self._importplugins(types)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 186, in _importplugins
self._loadplugin(modulefile, types)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 195, in _loadplugin
conf = self._getpluginconf(modname)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 277, in _getpluginconf
except ParsingError, e:
NameError: global name 'ParsingError' is not defined

Local variables in innermost frame:
modname: priorities
confpp_obj:
parser:
self:
conffilename: /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf
dir: /etc/yum/pluginconf.d
plese help me in restoring the pirut

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Hi Ravi, I am not sure what

Submitted by Sudheer on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 22:56.

Hi Ravi,

I am not sure what went wrong when you followed the steps posted above. First and foremost, I would like to make it clear that I have not tested the steps documented above. I hope the original poster tested it thoroughly before posting it here.

To troubleshoot the issue, try to undo what you did. Go back to step #5 and remove the line you added to /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf. Step # 6 is for Fedora 8 only. If you are using Fedora 8 you have to remove the repositories you added before.

On another note, you don't have to call me Sir. I am okay if you use my first name. :)

With warm regards,
Sudheer

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Thanks for the information.

Submitted by Sudheer on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 09:45.

Thanks for the information. I hope it helps everyone.

With warm regards,
Sudheer

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