unable to play the media files in fedora-7

[thecreativeboy]

hi friends, i am unable to play the media files in fedora-7 linux.what can i install to play the media files?when i try to install it says there is missing in the mpeg4 plugins.please help me.

[Cool G5]

u are trying to play mp3 in fedora which require support of codecs.Download them from net & u will be able to play them.search google,u will get them easily.

[praka123]

http://fedorafaq.org
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Fedora_fc5
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Fedora_frog

may help.u need to configure yum with 3rd party repositories like livna,dag,atrpms etc for multimedia support(Linux cant supposedly carry these plugins by default coz of patents in countries like US)

[shaunak]

Alternatively you can install vlc medial player. Go here for instructions: http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/