Anyone got .OGG/MP3 playing on OZ3.5.1?

[ClosetPacifist]

I have to suspend the Z and then bring it back up before the icons are shown.

You can also use the shutdown application in the settings tab to restart Opie, which dosen't require that everything be restarted and makes the icons come up.

Also, if it dosen't show up, make sure you use ipkg-link after installing it- ipkg-link mount /mnt/card, for instance, to link apps on your SD card.

[papercrane]

Or just:
ipkg-link add xmms-embedded

[dansawyer]

xmms ??

All, I have xmms questions?? XMMS installs and runs. Is there way to select a set of files and add  group to list? For that matter is there a way to make a file list, ie play lists?? I have several sets of mp3 files on a /sd card and would like to add those sets as play lists.

I am sorry but either the buttons are not clear or the install is not perfect.

Thanks,
Dan

[AcidMeister]

I had similar problems when i first got my Zaurus (3 days ago) i don't know if this is the best way to do this, but heres what i did; i noticed that when i installed stuff in root it worked fine (icons were showing up etc...) so what i did was i created the following directories on my SD card
mkdir /mnt/card/opt
mkdir /mnt/card/usr/lib

I then copied everything in /opt to /mnt/card/opt and also for /usr/lib so...

cp -r /opt/* /mnt/card/opt/
cp -r /usr/lib/* /mnt/card/usr/lib

then i knew i had to make symbolic links so that the zaurus still thought that /opt and /usr/lib existed, i also removed the old dirs so...
rm -rf /opt
rm -rf /usr/lib
ln -s /mnt/card/opt /opt
ln -s /mnt/card/usr/lib /usr/lib

After i did this everything just seemed to work better, i think its easier like this because i dont have to worry about linking every single file when i install it, the only problem is you obviously cant change sd cards and still expect your system to function properly, but i dont plan on doing this...

[systemparadox]

lol, couldn't be bothered with all the dependencies and problems people have been having with every other mp3 player I could find, so I just installed madplay (NO dependencies!).
add to .profile:
alias mp3='madplay -z --tty-control /mnt/fat/Music/*'
I use the console all the time and have it mapped to the contacts button, so it's real quick for me.

[AcidMeister]

Sounds like a good idea i think i will have to try that... I still have to get xmms working though, im just too lazy to try and dload the dependencies

[zenyatta]

@dansawyer

This is the way I got playlists on the Z:

0. On the big box, I have a bunch of album directories. I keep a flat, wide structure, with directory names containing both the artist and the album name. No genres.
1. Next to those directories, I created a directory called "playlists".
2. In desktop XMMS, I created one playlist per album directory, placing all of them in the "playslists" directory. I used the .m3u format.
3. As .m3u files are plaintext, I hand-edited each one to change all links from absolute to relative (i.e. from /my/music/artist-album/song.mp3 to ../artist-album/song.mp3). I wish XMMS had a switch somewhere to make playlists with relative links.
4. I copied selected album directories and the "playlists" directory to a partition on my CF card.
5. On the Z in XMMS, I tap "Add", then navigate to the "playlists" directory and choose a playlist. That's it.
6. Removing songs from XMMS is unintuitive: tap "Sub", choose the songs you want removed (drag if necessary) and tap "Sub" again.

z.

[dipnlik]

6. Removing songs from XMMS is unintuitive: tap "Sub", choose the songs you want removed (drag if necessary) and tap "Sub" again.

Wow, quite a MONSTROUS usability problem here. o.O