Can't play music

I am very new at linux.  I'm using suse10.2.  I can't play a music cd in
my cd drive.  If I insert the music cd and try to access it i get a
message which reads "could not start process.  unable to create
io-slave.  Klauncher said unknown protocol."  I am aware but do not
understand the problem with linux playing MP3 files.  I thought that
might be the problem so I loaded mplayer and got the same result.  Am I
still dealing with that incompatibility or is it something else?

amorak was originally installed and is still installed along with
mplayer.  I can bring up a playlist which i believe is on line and I
can play titles from that play list.

Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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lar460816 wrote:
> I am very new at linux.  I'm using suse10.2.  I can't play a music cd in
> my cd drive.  If I insert the music cd and try to access it i get a
> message which reads "could not start process.  unable to create
> io-slave.  Klauncher said unknown protocol."  I am aware but do not
> understand the problem with linux playing MP3 files.  I thought that
> might be the problem so I loaded mplayer and got the same result.  Am I
> still dealing with that incompatibility or is it something else?
> 
> amorak was originally installed and is still installed along with
> mplayer.  I can bring up a playlist which i believe is on line and I
> can play titles from that play list.
> 
> Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 

So, is it normal music cd, or cd with mp3 files?

If normal cd, check if you have installed kdemultimedia3-cd package.

If it is mp3 files, mplayer should just play them. Try:
mplayer /<path to the file>, where path to the file is where the cd-rom 
is mounted. What is the output of mount command, wfter you insert the cd?

Thank you, thank you, thank you.   Kdemultimedia3-cd worked.  I was
surfing earlier and came upon a site which had a video running.  I
could see the video perfectly well but had no sound.  there was
something i saw which referenced flashplayer.  I assume flashplayer is
some sort of program or format which is associated with the video.  is
there a particular package i need to handle that?


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lar460816 wrote:
> Thank you, thank you, thank you.   Kdemultimedia3-cd worked.  I was
> surfing earlier and came upon a site which had a video running.  I
> could see the video perfectly well but had no sound.  there was
> something i saw which referenced flashplayer.  I assume flashplayer is
> some sort of program or format which is associated with the video.  is
> there a particular package i need to handle that?
> 
> 
  If you have seen the video, this means you already have the flash 
plugin installed.

I don't know.  I will try that tonight.  Thanks for the tip.


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