Carl Lowenstein wrote: > 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.
Ahhh, maybe the old _filenames with spaces_ nasty problem? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
