unplayable MP3 (works fine in Windoze)

bjlockie · Veteran Joined: 18 Oct 2002 Posts: 1186 Location: Canada

I have some MP3s that were probably ripped a long time ago that play in Windoze fine but noatun won't play them.
Should I try other apps or does everything use a central library?

diastelo · Guru Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 521

I'd try a few other apps first. If it works in Windows, the file is either damaged or was encoded in such a way that noatun can't read it (some media players are pickier than others). If you no longer have the original, and if you don't mind a slight decrease in quality, you can reencode any such mp3s with LAME. This will probably fix your problem in noatun.
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yngwin · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:48 am Post subject:

Try mplayer and VLC.
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onlinepancakes · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:54 am Post subject:

Try Xmms.
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darkphader · Veteran Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 1217 Location: Motown

Use lame to decode the file(s).

sonicbhoc · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject:

make sure you have mp3 and mad in your useflags. Also, emerge --newuse world && revdep-rebuild --package-names to make sure you have the proper flags in your programs.

bjlockie · Veteran Joined: 18 Oct 2002 Posts: 1186 Location: Canada