MP3's won't play in Suse: -Error "The stream 'There is no mrl' use an unsupported codec:

#1 (**permalink**) 05-Mar-2006, 14:19

Hi
Just installed Suse for the first time in my attempt to ditch windows but
all my music seems unplayable with any of the media players supplied with
Suse 10.0. I can play a test sound so I know my speakers are working and I
can play cd's but my music which resides on disk will not play. When I try
to play mp3's in xine I get the following error:

"The Stream 'There is no mrl' use an unsupported codec:

Audio codec: MPEG 1 Layer 3 VBR (0x0)

start Playback anyway

YES NO"

If I click on YES I get the following error "This version of xine may lack
certain legal requirements (potential Pateny Violation). "

Does anyone have any ideas or can they point me in the right direction? Any
help would be much appreciated. This is legal music that I've ripped off CD!

#2 (**permalink**) 05-Mar-2006, 14:32

jeremyfinlay1@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi
> Just installed Suse for the first time in my attempt to ditch windows but
> all my music seems unplayable with any of the media players supplied with
> Suse 10.0. I can play a test sound so I know my speakers are working and I
> can play cd's but my music which resides on disk will not play. When I try
> to play mp3's in xine I get the following error:
>
> "The Stream 'There is no mrl' use an unsupported codec:
>
> Audio codec: MPEG 1 Layer 3 VBR (0x0)
>
> start Playback anyway
>
> YES NO"
>
> If I click on YES I get the following error "This version of xine may lack
> certain legal requirements (potential Pateny Violation). "
>
> Does anyone have any ideas or can they point me in the right direction? Any
> help would be much appreciated. This is legal music that I've ripped off CD!
>
>
Have a look at the second link in my signature.

Vahis
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#3 (**permalink**) 27-Apr-2006, 11:43

> jeremyfinlay1@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Hi
> > Just installed Suse for the first time in my attempt to ditch windows but
> > all my music seems unplayable with any of the media players supplied with
> > Suse 10.0. I can play a test sound so I know my speakers are working and I
> > can play cd's but my music which resides on disk will not play. When I try
> > to play mp3's in xine I get the following error:
> >
> > "The Stream 'There is no mrl' use an unsupported codec:
> >
> > Audio codec: MPEG 1 Layer 3 VBR (0x0)
> >
> > start Playback anyway
> >
> > YES NO"
> >
> > If I click on YES I get the following error "This version of xine may lack
> > certain legal requirements (potential Pateny Violation). "
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas or can they point me in the right direction? Any
> > help would be much appreciated. This is legal music that I've ripped
off CD!
> >
> >
> Have a look at the second link in my signature.
>
> Vahis
> --
> No dual or multi booting, every OS runs simultaneously. FAQ:
> http://waxborg.servepics.com/mobile/...es/vmware.html
> Playing multimedia in SUSE 10.0:
> http://waxborg.servepics.com/English...imedia.en.html

For whatever reason (they claim legal), a standard install of suse 10
doesn't play mp3's well. even xmms which worked perfectly in version 9.3
doesn't work in 10. a solution is to check the following url
http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html . there they have codecs to
play most types of media, including wmv & wma. IF suse wishes to get more
of the market, this is something that needs to be addressed. not all users
seek office/productivity (which there is plenty in all distros). most to
fully ditch windoze require entertainment!. my 2 cents

#4 (**permalink**) 27-Apr-2006, 11:51

kiai92m@netscape.net wrote:

>
> For whatever reason (they claim legal), a standard install of suse 10
> doesn't play mp3's well.

Mp3 can only be played or not. There's no "playing not well".

even xmms which worked perfectly in version 9.3
> doesn't work in 10.

The laws have changed since then.

IF suse wishes to get more
> of the market, this is something that needs to be addressed. not all users
> seek office/productivity (which there is plenty in all distros). most to
> fully ditch windoze require entertainment!. my 2 cents

What you say is not worth 2 cents. It's worthless and clueless.

Vahis
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http://waxborg.servepics.com/English.../index.en.html

#5 (**permalink**) 28-Apr-2006, 01:22

On 04/27/2006 kiai92m@netscape.net wrote:
> IF suse wishes to get more
> of the market, this is something that needs to be addressed. not all
> users
> seek office/productivity (which there is plenty in all distros).
> most to
> fully ditch windoze require entertainment!. my 2 cents

Novell would have to pay for licenses, and this would of course make it a bit problematic to offer Suse as a free download.
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop will have MP3 support, and you pay for it.

Actually once you did it two or three times, the lack of Multimedia stuff in Suse is not a problem. Add Packman as an installation source and off you go.

Uwe

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#6 (**permalink**) 28-Apr-2006, 01:24

On 04/27/2006 Vahis wrote:
> What you say is not worth 2 cents. It's worthless and clueless.

No, it is an opinion.

Uwe

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#7 (**permalink**) 28-Apr-2006, 02:46

Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:
> On 04/27/2006 Vahis wrote:
>> What you say is not worth 2 cents. It's worthless and clueless.
>
> No, it is an opinion.
>
> Uwe
>

Opinions are like *******s. Everybody's got one.
This doesn't necessarily make them worth anything.

Of course everybody also has the right to his/her opinion.

This was mine. Not worth much.

Vahis
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#8 (**permalink**) 29-Apr-2006, 06:58

Vahis,

mind your language, please.
http://support.novell.com/forums/faq_rules.html

Thank you
Uwe

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