Ioannis Vranos wrote:

Rex Dieter wrote:

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Ioannis Vranos wrote:

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OS: CentOS 5.0 x86. I tried to use Noatun to play back mp3s, but it does not work. Is it normal?

Yes. RHEL (and fedora) standard kde packaging doesn't include nonfree/patented codec support (like mp3).

I had checked Noatun web site, and it said the mp3 libraries are part of the kde-multimedia package.

That might be - but not in CentOS. As upstream we don't ship mp3 in the distribution.

Ralph

Johnny Hughes wrote:

Very normal ...

Red Hat is a US based company and the Source RPMs that they provide do not play MP3's

This is because it is currently a patent violation in the USA to distribute an MP3 player without licensing it through at least 2 companies.

See this link for background: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070222-8910.html

Being that I do not have a spare $1.52 billion dollars lying around to be able to distribute MP3 playing technology either ... you'll have to figure out how to enable MP3's in CentOS 5 via google :P

Before anyone starts complaining and whining about the USA and it's patent laws, etc., etc. ... I do not like software patents, I think they suck too ... everyone at CentOS thinks they suck ... HOWEVER, I still don't have $1.52 dollars, so we will continue not shipping an MP3 player in CentOS.

OK Johnny, I know the stupid software patent issues and their effects against progress (it is like patenting colour combinations in paintings).

On 5/4/07, Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com wrote:

... HOWEVER, I still don't have $1.52 dollars, so ..

Poor Johnny, I can certainly donate that amount for you. :) :)

Akemi