That's not true. I just installed Dougal's xmms-1.2.10-base.pup now, and the main executable installs into /usr/local/bin/stevesr0 wrote:it didn't install into /usr/local but directly under /.
Those error messages relate to libraries that only affect compatibility with the ESD sound manager and mikmod audio files.stevesr0 wrote:for xmms, it complains about missing sound files
I'm playing an MP3 file with XMMS right now.
Technically speaking, it's correct process to go into the XMMS Options > Preferences and change the Output Plugin to ALSA, but OSS still works OK via Puppy's ALSA-OSS library.
If you find that XMMS is still a bit demanding of resources on your computer, I remember now that forum member brucehohl claims that "xfmedia" has low CPU usage in Puppy. xfmedia is available as a dotpet here -
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... -0.9.1.pet
Another lightweight audio player is the xhippo+lamip combination -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=10722
but you need to be happy about its very basic interface.