Request MX-23: XMMS [Solved]

[app4soft]

Package: xmms
Version: 1.2.11

• Website - https://xmms.org
• Source - https://xmms.org/files/1.2.x/xmms-1.2.11.tar.bz2
• Packaging status - https://repology.org/project/xmms/versions
  NOTE: It is packaged for antiX-23 - https://antixlinux.com/antix-21-22-packages/
• antiX Skins package for XMMS - https://github.com/antiX-Linux/xmms-skins-antix

X Multimedia System (XMMS) is an audio player for Unix built with GTK+ 1.x toolkit.

[dolphin_oracle]

XMMS from antiX is available in mx-packageinstaller under popular apps.

[app4soft]

XMMS from antiX is available in mx-packageinstaller under popular apps.

Thanks for pointing! I missed it (I know that there is XMMS in antiX repo, but don't knew that it could be installed with MX Package Installer).

It seems XMMS AAC plugin is not available in "xmms-plugins-antix" package:

• faad2 (xmms-mp4 plugin) - https://github.com/Opendigitalradio/faa ... ugins/xmms
• faad2 (faad, libfaad-dev, libfaad2) - https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/source/faad2
  • https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... ed-codecs/
  • https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... in-320561/
  • https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... ms-417765/

May I then request XMMS AAC plugin packaging for MX-23? (into separate thread or by renaming this thread and updating header post)

[siamhie]

May I then request XMMS AAC plugin packaging for MX-23? (into separate thread or by renaming this thread and updating header post)

Isn't faad available in the repos? I see it MX-23 beta2 currently.

[app4soft]

May I then request XMMS AAC plugin packaging for MX-23? (into separate thread or by renaming this thread and updating header post)

Isn't faad available in the repos? I see it MX-23 beta2 currently.

"libfaad2" is preinstalled in MX-23, and "faad" (aka "faad2") is available for install, BUT there is no "xmms-mp4" plugin package.

As for now it packaged only for Slackware Linux:

• https://repology.org/project/xmms-mp4/versions

Here is an article from 2016:

• Fixing AAC/MP4/M4A playback for xmms on x86_64 (amd64) - http://wp.xin.at/archives/3791

And it seems like all plugins removed from "faad2" repo two month ago, but it happen after latest release (faad2 2.10.1 release has plugin source):

• https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/169
• https://fossies.org/linux/misc/faad2-2.10.1.tar.gz/

[siamhie]

May I then request XMMS AAC plugin packaging for MX-23? (into separate thread or by renaming this thread and updating header post)

Isn't faad available in the repos? I see it MX-23 beta2 currently.

"libfaad2" is preinstalled in MX-23, and "faad" (aka "faad2") is available for install, BUT there is no "xmms-mp4" plugin package.

As for now it packaged only for Slackware Linux:

• https://repology.org/project/xmms-mp4/versions

Here is an article from 2016:

• Fixing AAC/MP4/M4A playback for xmms on x86_64 (amd64) - http://wp.xin.at/archives/3791

And it seems like all plugins removed from "faad2" repo two month ago, but it happen after latest release (faad2 2.10.1 release has plugin source):

• https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/169
• https://fossies.org/linux/misc/faad2-2.10.1.tar.gz/

You could try the fixed source code link (2016 article) but the xmms-mp4 plugin was removed from Debian back in 2007. Maybe try audacious instead for mp4 audio files.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=456724

[app4soft]

You could try the fixed source code link (2016 article) but the xmms-mp4 plugin was removed from Debian back in 2007. Maybe try audacious instead for mp4 audio files.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=456724

I use XMMS for IP-radio listening, as my laptop has very low RAM.

About use alternative, I tried few players and compared its RAM usage on launch (no playing):

• Strawberry (default in MX-23) ~ 137 MiB
• DeaDBeeF ~ 80 MiB;
• Audacious ~ 76 MiB;
• cmus ~ 64 MiB (including 50MiB used by "xfce4-terminal-emulator" window itself);
• XMMS ~ 17 MiB.

Even more, playing XMMS occupies just only 24 MiB of RAM — less than any other on standby.

About compiling "xmms-mp4" myself, here is what "REAMDE.linux" states: https://github.com/knik0/faad2/blob/2.10.1/README.linux

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To compile under Linux.
----------------------
just run :

./bootstrap
./configure --with-mp4v2
make
sudo make install


about the xmms plugin.
---------------------
 The xmms plugin need to be build after the install of the faad project.
so after you have installed correctly faad (--with-xmms options) you need
to configure and build the xmms plugin part in the plugins/xmms directory.
Read the README and INSTALL files into the xmms directory.

I'm not an expert in compiling. When I tried to compile it, it stops on "make" step saying "No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop":

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user@user:~/Downloads/faad2-2.10.1$ ./bootstrap
configure.ac:15: installing './compile'
configure.ac:15: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:15: installing './config.sub'
configure.ac:13: installing './install-sh'
configure.ac:13: installing './missing'
Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
frontend/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
configure.ac:15: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:15: You should run autoupdate.
aclocal.m4:122: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:15: the top level
configure.ac:44: warning: The macro `AC_HEADER_STDC' is obsolete.
configure.ac:44: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:704: AC_HEADER_STDC is expanded from...
configure.ac:44: the top level
configure.ac:50: warning: The macro `AC_HEADER_TIME' is obsolete.
configure.ac:50: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:743: AC_HEADER_TIME is expanded from...
configure.ac:50: the top level
configure.ac:120: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.ac:120: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2920: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:692: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:699: AS_IF is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2249: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2270: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
configure.ac:93: AC_C99_FUNC_LRINTF is expanded from...
configure.ac:120: the top level
configure.ac:122: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:122: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2847: AC_TRY_COMPILE is expanded from...
configure.ac:67: MY_CHECK_TYPEDEF_FROM_INCLUDE is expanded from...
configure.ac:122: the top level
Ready to run ./configure

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user@user:~/Downloads/faad2-2.10.1$ ./configure --with-mp4v2 --with-xmms
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-mp4v2
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
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checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
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checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
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checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
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checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
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checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
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checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
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checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
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checking dependency style of g++... none
checking whether ln -s works... yes
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configure: error: *** id3lib headers support not installed or not found
user@user:~/Downloads/faad2-2.10.1$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

[Stevo]

What about xmms2? It's in Bullseye, Trixie, and Sid, and has the plugins you want. It should be trivial to backport it from Trixie to MX 23.

https://packages.debian.org/sid/xmms2-plugin-mp4

[app4soft]

What about xmms2? It's in Bullseye, Trixie, and Sid, and has the plugins you want. It should be trivial to backport it from Trixie to MX 23.

https://packages.debian.org/sid/xmms2-plugin-mp4

"xmms2" and its plugins are not compatible with "xmms". Also "xmms2" has no own GUI, as it is server-client player, and relies on 3rd-party clients (based on GTK+2/3, Qt4/5) that will use a lot of RAM.

Its CLI-client, "xmms2-cli-client" relies on launch inside terminal, and as I said above, it would eat at least 50 MiB of RAM only for "xfce4-terminal-emulator" window just to launch it — twice or even triple more RAM than "xmms" uses to fully run and play IP-radio.

So, is it possible to make "xmms-mp4" package? (or make it a part of antiX-23's "xmms-plugins-antix")

[Stevo]

You should ask whoever is maintaining antiX's packages about that, since they know a lot more about it.