Wavs play, MP3s don't

[Mike Burger]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Brian Connolly wrote:

> Sorry.  This is probably another dumb question.
> 
> Wavs play as well as system sounds.  But I cannot seem to get MP3s to
> play no matter how hard I try to configure.
> 
> Thoughts?

Red Hat, as a rule, doesn't ship its media players with MP3 capabilities.  
It has to do with the potential for having to pay royalties to the MP3 
patent holder.

You can download an xmms-mp3 rpm, which will add MP3 playback capability.

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