rhythmbox error

[Andy Wallace]

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 00:43, Joe Klemmer wrote:
>       Just for kicks I wanted to try out Rhythmbox.  Unfortunately
whenever I
> try to play anything I get a pop-up error message saying, "Failed to
> create mad element; check your installation".  OC, it doesn't tell me
> what needs to be checked in my installation.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> Akebono vs Godzilla!  Coming soon to a theater near you.
> 

It will play ogg format files OK as it is. To play mp3s you need to
install gstreamer-plugins-mp3, which you can get from freshrpms.net

Andy