On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Michael Werneke
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Carl Lowenstein
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have a directory full of MP3 files. I would like to play them with
>> something. (this is on my CentOS 5.2 system).
>>
>> I have RhythmBox installed. When I try to use it, I get to a really
>> friendly GUI which would like me to Browse a Library. But I don't have
>> a Library, that I know of. And I don't get any guidance about how to
>> create a library, or import my files into their library, or anything.
>
> Are you able to play the mp3 files with any other player? A quick test
> is to use the command line app 'mpg123'. That should tell you if the
> mp3 files are valid or not.
>
> If you're not set on Rhythmbox, I've found Exaile (GUI) to be a great
> music player. It handles almost all the file formats and allows
> editing of track metadata. It even plays .flac files.
Not set on Rhythmbox, it was just the first thing I found that looked
interesting.
Also I have apparently solved the problem of the missing files. I was
working from what I thought was a copy of the complete download. But
apparently "cp -a" did not do the right thing with about 3/4 of the
files, and left them with names but no content. I made a new working
copy using "tar c | tar x" and think I now have everything.
carl
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