[CentOS] mp3 plugin for Rythmbox or Totem?

Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org
Wed Dec 5 21:25:43 UTC 2007


Andrew Allen wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 12:37 -0800, Dennis McLeod wrote:
>> I'm sure it's not a matter of it not existing, a quick Google search shows
>> (for Fedora):
>> Now, install the correct plug-in depending on which MP3 player you want to
>> use: 
>> For Rhythmbox or Totem: 
>> yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly 
>> It's likely a matter of having to pay royalties for MP3 players and
>> encoders, so it's not included by the upstream vendor.
>> For a home user, it's no problem, BUT you have to enable a 3rd party
>> repository to get it.
>>
>> Post #14 in: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=8134
>> explains.....
>> Dennis
>>
> Thanks Dennis,
> I've installed the plugins as suggested and it works brilliantly - I can
> now play mp3 files!

right ... and I don't have to pay anyone 5.1 billion dollars for patent
infringement ... so we are both happy :-D


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 252 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071205/1d283299/attachment.sig>


More information about the CentOS mailing list