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Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by moonwalker » 2017-11-24, 06:27

In palemoon 27, i cannot play my mp3 files anymore.Before 27,i can always play mp3 files with gstreamer.Is something changed?

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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2017-11-24, 06:31

GStreamer is no longer used and hasn't been for a good while now. You need ffmpeg or at least libav.

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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by moonwalker » 2017-11-24, 07:17

New Tobin Paradigm wrote:GStreamer is no longer used and hasn't been for a good while now. You need ffmpeg or at least libav.
I know that.I am using lubuntu 16.04 with ffmpeg.But mp3 files are not playing anymore.
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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by Nigaikaze » 2017-11-24, 16:37

moonwalker wrote:I am using lubuntu 16.04 with ffmpeg.
What about libav-tools? Do you have that installed?
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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by biopsin » 2017-11-24, 18:19

voidlinux_x64 glibc-2.38 / Palemoon_latest release (gcc-13.2.0) / GTK2

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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by moonwalker » 2017-11-26, 09:47

Yes, i have Libav installed and yes mp3 works in that webpage too.But i when i try to play offline mp3 files manually,it doesnot work

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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by stevenpusser » 2017-11-26, 23:03

moonwalker wrote:Yes, i have Libav installed and yes mp3 works in that webpage too.But i when i try to play offline mp3 files manually,it doesnot work
Use a web browser to play local mp3 files? Wrong tool for the job.

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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by moonwalker » 2017-11-27, 10:08

stevepusser wrote:
moonwalker wrote:Yes, i have Libav installed and yes mp3 works in that webpage too.But i when i try to play offline mp3 files manually,it doesnot work
Use a web browser to play local mp3 files? Wrong tool for the job.
I have to cause no music player give better sound then palemoon browser, atleast not in linux ;)
It worked before 27 , is this a side effect of mse?

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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by Moonchild » 2017-11-27, 11:54

moonwalker wrote:is this a side effect of mse?
This has nothing to do with MSE.
I think the problem is that you're trying to play a local file. A local file doesn't have a MIME type, so it will try to use whatever the file extension tells Pale Moon the type is. The error message indicates that the helper application for the file type doesn't exist -- check Options -> Applications in Pale Moon to see if *.mp3 is set correctly there.
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Re: Cannot play mp3 files

Unread post by moonwalker » 2017-11-28, 15:11

Thanks guys for reply.I solved the problem,it works now but i have to reinstall Palemoon,i must have done some mess with about:config :oops:

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