mp3 support

[Antti]

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 21:32, Maynard Kuona wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 20:53, Antti wrote:
> > What package do I need to listen mp3s with rhythmbox? 
> 
> Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once!!
> 
> Its actually a bit of an issue really. Rhythmbox is aplayer written on
> the Gstreamer Multimedia Framework. See http://www.gstreamer.net . It
> gets all its codecs from this framework. To play mp3s in gstreamer, you
> need to tell gstreamer how to do it by installing an appropriate codec
> and an appropriate plugin. I do not know if the fedora rpms were
> compiled with mp3 support or not. If they were not, then you have to
> update gstreamer, install it over again. You could try going to the
> gstreamer website and following the intructions, but installing
> gstreamer is a bit harder than the usual ./configure; make; make
> install. You would also need to make sure a whole lot of packages are
> installed for gstreamer to be able to use them. For mp3 playback it uses
> mad. I have also seen lame hanging around there, so it might use lame as
> well. You have to compile it right because a lot depends on it, like
> playing movies too. I wold say its better to wit until someone gets
> updated packages. I am sure freshrpms will have them soon.
> 
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What about Sound Juicer, what do I need to encode to mp3s? It says its
not possible with your installation.
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Antti <antti at victoria.fi>