audacious 1.2.2: how to play mp3 files ? [solved]

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GungHo · Post by **GungHo** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:15 pm

Hi,

maybe the question sounds silly, but I'm not able to play .mp3 files with audacious 1.2.2, also not .ogg files.

I'm looking for a replacement of xmms, which had done a good job for some time on my box. But anyway. Audacious was recommended, so I thought I would give it a chance. Emerging is no problem, but I'm only able to play Audio-CD's, but no .mp3 or .ogg files, which is what I like to do.

Are there any USE flags, which must be set to get it up and running ?

Where is the MPEG Layer 1/2/3 player plugin, which is described in the README file of audacious ?

Please give me some tips, what I can do.

Thanks in advance

gimpel · Post by **gimpel** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:23 pm

You have to emerge audacious-plugins with USE="mp3 vorbis"

GungHo · Post by **GungHo** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:28 pm

ok, thanks, in the moment I have seen ..

# equery uses =audacious-plugins-1.2.2-r1
[ Searching for packages matching =audacious-plugins-1.2.2-r1... ]
[ Colour Code : set unset ]
[ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ]
[ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ]
[ Found these USE variables for media-plugins/audacious-plugins-1.2.2-r1 ]
U I
- - aac : Enables support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio
+ + alsa : Adds support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
- - arts : Adds support for aRts: the KDE sound daemon
- - chardet : Character set detection support for non-UTF8 ID3 tags
- - esd : Adds support for media-sound/esound (Enlightened Sound Daemon)
- - flac : Adds support for the flac audio codec
- - jack : Adds support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
- - libnotify : Enable notification support
- - lirc : Adds support for lirc (Linux's Infra-Red Remote Control)
- - modplug : Build with modplug support
+ - mp3 : Add support for reading mp3 files
- - musepack : Enable support for the musepack audio codec
+ + nls : Adds Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
- - oss : Adds support for OSS (Open Sound System)
- - pulseaudio : Adds support for PulseAudio sound server
- - sid : Build with SID (Commodore 64 Audio) support
- - sndfile : Adds support for libsndfile
- - timidity : Build with Timidity++ (MIDI sequencer) support
- - vorbis : Adds support for the OggVorbis audio codec
- - wma : Build with WMA (Windows Media Audio) support

imcominup · Post by **imcominup** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:58 pm

where is this file?

GungHo · Post by **GungHo** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:25 pm

Hi

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equery uses =audacious-plugins-1.2.2-r1

is a command you can issue

You can set USE flags in /etc/make.conf, or when emerging a packaage. Have a look into the docs at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=2&chap=1

HtH

imcominup · Post by **imcominup** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:03 pm

sudo: equery: command not found.

i changed my make.conf file with the use flags:

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USE="alsa mp3 ........."

but i'd rather change the configuration to be program specific. as in, i want to edit the AUDACIOUS configuration to run mp3's and use alsa. i honestly have no idea what i'm doing. can you explain please...?

gimpel · Post by **gimpel** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:21 pm

for equery:

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emerge gentoolkit

and for audacious and alsa,mp3 etc... welcome on gentoo, where you decide at compile time what features an app will get. If you want to set mp3 and alsa flag only for audacious, then

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echo "media-plugins/audacious-plugins mp3 alsa" >> /etc/portage/package.use

EDIT: s/media-sound/media-plugins/ ..sorry!

imcominup · Post by **imcominup** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:45 pm

AWESOME. thanks you so much gimpel. i did all that. now what do i do? should i restart? should it work now? what's the deal? where do i go from here?

gimpel · Post by **gimpel** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:53 pm

imcominup wrote:AWESOME. thanks you so much gimpel. i did all that. now what do i do? should i restart? should it work now? what's the deal? where do i go from here?

Uhm, just start audacious, load your mp3s, and enjoy music

And sorry, it's media-plugins/audacious-plugins instead of media-sound in the echo command in my last post.

Ah and of course you have to recompile audacious-plugins after you changed the useflags..

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emerge -av1 audacious-plugins

THEN start, load and enjoy

imcominup · Post by **imcominup** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:15 pm

YYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH. it works!!!! thanks so much man! you're awesome! i'm jammin hardcore!!! this is sweet!

i've got a question... how come almost every time i emerge something, at the end it gives me this message...

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* GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
* IMPORTANT: 1 config files in /etc need updating.
* Type emerge --help config to learn how to update config files.

then i type

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$ etc-update

the file that needs updating is

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etc/conf.d/hdparm (1)

what is that file? and what do i do when it prompts me to update it? and how to i make sure it will automatically update? why do i have to keep updating it all the time?

now how do i install flashplayer for firefox. and how do i get alsa to work with flashplayer....?

gimpel · Post by **gimpel** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:23 pm

imcominup wrote:YYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH. it works!!!! thanks so much man! you're awesome! i'm jammin hardcore!!! this is sweet!

now how do i install flashplayer for firefox. and how do i get alsa to work with flashplayer....?

Nice it works now

But for the flash thing, open a new thread. Too much OT in this one! (hint: emerge netscape-flash)
And for hdparm question the same please.

imcominup · Post by **imcominup** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:40 pm

sorry gimpel i'll start a new thread... thanks so much!!!!! =)

GungHo · Post by **GungHo** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:35 pm

Hi incoming,

a small hint: there is quite a lot of noteworthy knowledge in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml, especially Gentoo System Documentation (there are 6 chapters regarding portag, USE flags, Gentoolkit, .., which will cover all of your questions in this thread), then in System Administration and the FAQ. Really good stuff you should have a look into

enjoy

ritzmax72 · Post by **ritzmax72** » Mon Dec 08, 2025 3:02 am

Just a rant: Basic mime type files should be enabled by default but then again I guess keeping minimal use flags is the core principles of Gentoo.

Post by **sam_** » Mon Dec 08, 2025 10:39 am

The defaults are that way on desktop profiles. If you find they aren't, please file a bug and we can discuss.