[gst-devel] Fedora Core 8 + Rhythmbox 0.11.3: GStreamer plugins to decode "MP3" files cannot be found

[Felipe Contreras]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Totally Burned
<totally.burned at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently installed Fedora Core 8, which includes Rhythmbox 0.11.3 as a
> music player.
>
> When I try to import and play MP3 files, Rhythmbox returns the message
> 'GStreamer plugins to decode "MP3" files cannot be found'.
>
> By any chance, could anyone tell me where to get the plugins from and how to
> install them?
>
> Many thanks if so :)

Try to open an mp3 with Totem first, it should tell you how to obtain
the free codec from Fluendo.

I wonder why Rhythmbox doesn't do the same.

-- 
Felipe Contreras