playing music from a win share with linux

[fireburster]

I have a 2k3 server box with all my movies and music. I installed ubuntu and i can get to the shares but nothing wants to play the music from the win share. I can copy over the files and play with bmp but i would rather stream them.

I have a kanotix box at work with all my mp3s that i maped on my xp box and that works.

I need to to go the other way at home. Shouldnt this work? I have xmms and bmp and amork(sp) installed and nothing works.

 

[canis]

I am playing flac off another box with no problem in ubuntu. Do they not play at all or is it choppy or what?

 

[fireburster]

load in the playlist but dont play.

Im just selecting my mp3s from in the share, right clicking and choosing a player.

 

[deuce868]

I had a friend with the same problem. He ended up installing XMMS and using that to play them without any trouble.

 

[canis]

load in the playlist but dont play.

Im just selecting my mp3s from in the share, right clicking and choosing a player.

This sounds like a really stupid question, but you've installed an mp3 codec, right? Ubuntu doesn't come with one out of the box due to copyright(or wrong) reasons