On Thursday 03 January 2008 09:30:23 Ian wrote: > On Thursday 03 January 2008 09:22:28 Sloan wrote: > > Ian wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I've been setting up some new computers with 10.3 and I've used > > > http://suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=26104 to install support for > > > MP3 etc (using the Gnome link since that's what's on the machines!). > > > I've also done a full update of the software to the latest versions as > > > part of the installation. > > > Now Banshee won't play MP3 files (though RealPlayer does play them). > > > > <snip> > > > > > My system at home still plays MP3s in Banshee, but then I'm running KDE > > > > You're running kde and instead of amarok, you use banshee? (scratches > > head...) > > No, but I actually installed both KDE & Gnome on my home computer so I > could play with GNOME when I want to. On these other machines, there is > only Gnome. > > > > it > > > started life as a 10.2 install which has been upgraded to 10.3, whereas > > > the new machines are a totally fresh install of 10.3). > > > > My 10.3 systems are all fresh installs and up to date, and play all the > > usual multimedia - but I merely added the packman repo and then added > > the apps I wanted (amarok, xine, mplayer, kaffeine, w32codecs) rather > > than the blind "one-click" method. > > > > Joe
Further investigation today has shown the problem was actually nothing to do with MP3 files - oops! The problem is actually that Banshee can't play files from an SMB share 'mounted' in Nautilus because it's not really mounted, it's just an smb:// URL that Banshee can't access. Real Player can access smb:// urls so it can play the files. All the MP3 files I was trying to play were on a windows machine I was accessing via this method. Cheers, -- Ian gpg key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc
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