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miguelmmg

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Registered: 2006-03-15

Posts: 4

Nautilus doesn't preview sound files

Hi everyone.
Why "preview sound files" isn't working in Gnome 2.12.2? Do you know if I need some add-on?
Thanks in advance.

_Gandalf_

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Registered: 2006-01-12

Posts: 735

Re: Nautilus doesn't preview sound files

First make sure esd is installed

pacman -S esd

, and make sure esd is running on startup ( Desktop -> Preferences -> Multimedia system selector (if it doesn't exist look for something with multimedia or sound, i have Gnome 2.14 and those things have changed AFAIK) -> Check "turn on sound"
now install mpg321

pacman -S mpg321

Now logout/login (or reboot) and it should work

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lessthanjake

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From: Norway

Registered: 2005-11-09

Posts: 319

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Re: Nautilus doesn't preview sound files

I believe you need sox in addition.

_Gandalf_

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Registered: 2006-01-12

Posts: 735

Re: Nautilus doesn't preview sound files

No you don't ...

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Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,488

Re: Nautilus doesn't preview sound files

Sox is not needed, neither esd.

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