help installing in fedora 3

[podder]

I have installed linux fedora core 3 on a spare computer to use alienbbc. I am fairly new to linux and my attempts to install it have all failed to produce any sound from my squeezebox 2. I need basic installation assistance. All the alien bbc channels appear on my squeezebox2 but there is no sound.
Which version mplayer should I install cvs (20051128) or release (1.0pre7try2)? I have tried installing it with fileroller. It would not install so I had to install libmp3lame-3.96. I also installed libmp3lame-devel and libmp3lame-static. Then I tried to install live555 as mentioned in one of the posts but still no sound.

[malsbury]

I have installed linux fedora core 3 [...] Which version mplayer should I install cvs (20051128) or release (1.0pre7try2)? I have tried installing it with fileroller. It would not install so I had to install libmp3lame-3.96. I also installed libmp3lame-devel and libmp3lame-static. Then I tried to install live555 as mentioned in one of the posts but still no sound.

I had this working on FC3 at while ago, but can't seem to find my notes now. I currently have AlienBBC working on a CentOS 4.2 system, which is Redhat/Fedora based. The trick for me to get it working on CentOS and I think also on FC3 was to install the w32codec on its own. I currently have w32codec-1.0-9.2.el4.mok.i386.rpm installed on my system since I use the Redhat EL4 repos. The closest one for FC3 that I found is here: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html

As for the version of mplayer, I would recommend using the pre7 version. I am currently successfully using version mplayer-1.0-52_pre7try3.el4.at.i386.rpm on my system. There is a FC3 version also availavble here: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html

After you install them, make sure that mplayer can decode RealAudio streams from the command line before you try and get AlienBBC working in SlimServer.

From post http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpo...5&postcount=1:

* To test that the player works, run the following :
mplayer rtsp://rmlivev8.bbc.net.uk/farm/*/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra
* You should see it connect and then start to decode; once it prints out
'Starting playback', you know all's well.

I think that is all that I had to do... Install mplayer pre7, the w32codecs and extract AlienBBC to the plugins folder. If that doesn't work for you, let me know and I'll dig a little deeper into my setup and see if I changed or installed anything else.

--Tom Malsbury

PS: I would recomend installing via YUM instead of Fileroller so you don't get stuck in dependancy hell.

[podder]

Thanks for your advice malsbury about installing using yum. I finally got alienbbc working by using the guide at www.ripcaster.co.uk except I used the graphical interface for installing fedora 3 and I did not bother with installing Putty on a slave machine. I am very impressed with alien bbc.