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From: Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:09:00
Message-Id: 20090316131245.GA27968@princeton.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files by Damian
1 On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:37:54PM +0100, Penguin Lover Damian squawked:
2 > > Unless I'm mistaken, mpd uses gstreamer, right? So, have you checked that
3 > > you have gst-plugins-ogg emerged?
4 > So, this would imply a buggy ebuild?
5
6 Yes, you are mistaken. mpd does not need to use gstreamer.
7
8 To the OP, I don't think it can be strictly a versions issue. I run
9 mpd-0.13.2 on my desktop, and ogg-vorbis (pretty much my entire music
10 collection is in this format) plays just fine. On my laptop I use
11 0.14.2, it is stable enough (and has some nice features), so you can
12 go ahead a try it if you wish.
13
14 W
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Re: [gentoo-user] Mpd doesn't play ogg files Damian <damian.only@×××××.com>