Re: XMMS Hanging with mod_mp3 in Linux

xmms has also hung for me, not 100% sure why, but usually when I was using an
url without "http://" prefixing it.  When it does this I have to kill all the
xmms processes.  (There's 4 xmms processes in standby and more for every xmms
plugin you enable).  In these circumstances, I notice mod_mp3 is just fine and
plays thru plugger as expected (In /etc/pluggerrc I have:

...(several mimetypes)...
audio/x-mpeg: mpa,abs,mpega: MPEG audio
        stream, preload: esddsp mpg123 -q -b 128 -
        many: esddsp mpg123 -q -b 128 $file

[esddsp if you use esound - newer versions of mpg123 probably don't require
this]

If you don't use plugger, you can edit ~/.mime.types and add to ~/.mailcap
this:

audio/mpeg;mpg123 -q -; stream-buffer-size=8000

and the browser will prompt you to download all or stream into buffer to play
immediately.