Problems with Some MP3s in Rhythmbox

[Dave Cross]

I'm using Fedora 14 and I think I have the correct RPMs installed in
order for Rhythmbox to play MP3s.

$ rpm -q rhythmbox
rhythmbox-0.13.3-1.fc14.i686
$ rpm -q gstreamer-plugins-ugly
gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.16-2.fc14.i686

This set up works fine for the vast majority of MP3s that I have. But
I've recently bought some MP3s from a download site which Rhythmbox
doesn't recognise. There seems to be a difference in format which the
'file' command recognises.

Here's an example of a file that works.

$ file Loose\ Change/01\ -\ The\ A\ Team.mp3
Loose Change/01 - The A Team.mp3: Audio file with ID3 version 2.3.0,
contains: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo

And here's an example of one that doesn't.

$ file Songs\ I\ Wrote\ With\ Amy/Songs-I-wrote-with-Amy-2010_Cold-Coffee.mp3
Songs I Wrote With Amy/Songs-I-wrote-with-Amy-2010_Cold-Coffee.mp3:
Audio file with ID3 version 2.4.0, contains:

Annoyingly the MP3s work fine on my Android phone and on a Mac. It
only seems to be the GStreamer plugin that doesn't play them. And that
means that it's unlikely that the download site will listen to any
complaints. I should also point out that some MP3s from this site work
just fine.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Are there any other
tests I can carry out to work out what the differences are?

Cheers,

Dave...

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