I think I may have to revert back to Fedora 6. java, mp3, mpeg failures

[garbagedigger]

I have installed fedora 8 and so far getting the right multimedia experience has been a nightmare. I cannot get java to work in my browser. Mp3 will sometimes work after a fresh install in rhythm box. I built mplayer and it does not work in my browser. I never once had these problems with fedora 6. Everything just worked after following the right guidelines. I also find it strange that after I do a fresh install of fedora 8 only sometimes the mp3 support will work given that I follow the same installation directions each time. So I wonder why this might be.

here is my rpm -qa|grep gstreamer from my latest fresh install:

gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.5-10.lvn8
gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.6-2.lvn8
gstreamer-devel-0.10.14-4.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.6-6.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-bad-extras-0.10.5-10.lvn8
gstreamer-tools-0.10.14-4.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.14-6.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.6-6.fc8
gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-pulse-0.9.5-0.4.svn20070924.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-0.10.14-6.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-schroedinger-0.6.1-3.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-bad-devel-0.10.5-10.lvn8
gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.2-4.lvn8
gstreamer-plugins-farsight-0.12.5-1.fc8
gstreamer-0.10.14-4.fc8

Is there something wrong here?

[garbagedigger]

Okay, so I figured it out. Here is my way of fixing it in case there are those who are stuck in the same boat. I did the install in this exact order. It should allow you to play mp4 and mp3 in rhythmbox. It should also allow xvid, mpeg, and quicktime to work in movie player. I did this after a fresh install. Somethings may already be installed after you install the bad plugins. Good to verify anyway by doing each step.

Install this before using yum:

yum -y install yum-priorities

vi /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf

add the line: check_obsoletes = 1

rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/f8/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm

How to setup mp3 , mp4, mpeg, avi, .mov, and xvid for Rhythmbox:

yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly

yum install gstreamer-plugins-bad

yum install gstreamer-ffmpeg

yum install ffmpeg-libs

yum install gstreamer-plugins-good

yum install gstreamer-plugins-base

[garbagedigger]

I got java to work by following this guide:

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f8.html#java

[bob]

:D That's why we all love Fedora so much; the new releases have to be fought all the way, but we learn so much during the fight! I've got many other distros booting that have had NO problems since they were installed....boring, *yawn*.