[MPlayer-users] Why can't I play mp3 files?

[mdew]

On Thu, 2001-11-01 at 02:32, Tomi Ollila wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html &
>  http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html if you still have questions or problems]
> 
> Wednesday Oct 31 22:11:21 +0900 2001 Han-Seong Kim <khs at digital-digital.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I want to decode MP3 files.
> > But I can't play MP3 files.
> > below is the dump message when failed.
> > 
> > [root at khs2 MPlayer-0.50]# ./mplayer a.mp3 -v
> 
> The command line should have been; # mpg123 a.mp3

actually i thought the same, i havent tried using mplayer as a mp3
player yet, but consider most DivX's have an audio mp3 stream... why
shouldnt mplayer play a seperate stream?