Rhythmbox and mp3 files

Sun Jan 1 22:11:27 UTC 2006

On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 14:49 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 13:39 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 10:57 -0700, Craig White wrote: 
> > > On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 08:53 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> > > > I've been trying to get the music player Rhythmbox to play mp3 files.
> > > > I've followed the instructions in the FC4 installation notes
> > > > (http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html) that
> > > > include the following:
> > > > 
> > > > "Rhythmbox (Music Player) is the default music player in FC4 but does
> > > > not come with MP3 support out of the box because of patent issues. To
> > > > enable MP3 support for Music Player configure apt and synaptic as
> > > > described above. In Synaptic click on the "reload" icon to update your
> > > > package list. Find the gstreamer stuff and click in the checkboxes (then
> > > > click "Mark for installation") for each of "gstreamer",
> > > > "gstreamer-plugins", "gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio", and
> > > > "gstreamer-tools". Click the "Apply" button in Synaptic. You should now
> > > > have MP3 support in Rhythmbox (Music Player)."
> > > > 
> > > > After doing this, Synaptic shows gstreamer (0.8.10-1) gstreamer-plugins
> > > > (0.9.8-9), gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio (0.8.8-2.2.fc4), and
> > > > gstreamer-tools (0.8.10-1) all marked as installed.
> > > > 
> > > > Any suggestions as to how to proceed?  Do I need to install more
> > > > "gstreamer stuff"?  Googling various combinations of "gstreamer",
> > > > "rhythmbox", and "mp3" has left me totally confused as to why this mp3
> > > > work-around... isn't working.
> > > ----
> > > works for me - I can't get it to play aac/m4a files but that's another
> > > matter...
> > > 
> > > # rpm -qa|grep gstreamer
> > > gstreamer-plugins-extra-video-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4
> > > gstreamer-tools-0.8.10-1
> > > gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.8.7-1.2.fc4.rf
> > > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4
> > > gstreamer-0.8.10-1
> > > gstreamer-plugins-0.8.8-9
> > > 
> > > does that look similar to what you have going on? (perhaps you might not
> > > have gstreamer-ffmpeg but that has nothing to do with playing mp3 files.
> > 
> > root at PuteB Sun Jan 01 12:54:45
> > [203] /home/magnusg $ rpm -qa|grep gstreamer
> > gstreamer-devel-0.8.10-1
> > gstreamer-plugins-0.8.8-9
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.8-2.2.fc4
> > gstreamer-0.8.10-1
> > gstreamer-plugins-devel-0.8.8-9
> > gstreamer-tools-0.8.10-1
> > 
> > Assuming (1) I don't need gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.8.7-1.2.fc4.rf or
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-video-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4 to get Rhythmbox to play
> > mp3 files and (2) the presence of gstreamer-plugins-devel-0.8.8-9 in
> > addition to our common gstreamer-plugins-0.8.8-9 isn't affecting
> > anything adversely, then the crucial difference seems to be that I have
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.8-2.2.fc4 installed while you are
> > using gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4
> > 
> > I found gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-1.8.11-0.lvn.2.4.i386.rpm on the
> > "extra audio plugins for GStreamer" website
> > (http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/repodata/repoview/
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4.html) and downloaded
> > it.  Then:
> > 
> > root at PuteB Sun Jan 01 13:12:42
> > [206] /home/magnusg $ rpm -ivh *.rpm
> > warning: gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-1.8.11-0.lvn.2.4.i386.rpm: Header
> > V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
> > Preparing...                ###########################################
> > [100%]
> >         file /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.8/libgstfaad.so from install of
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4 conflicts with file from
> > package gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.8-2.2.fc4
> >         file /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.8/libgstgsm.so from install of
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4 conflicts with file from
> > package gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.8-2.2.fc4
> >         file /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.8/libgstlame.so from install of
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4 conflicts with file from
> > package gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.8-2.2.fc4
> >         file /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.8/libgstmad.so from install of
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4 conflicts with file from
> > package gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.8-2.2.fc4
> > 
> > So, I deleted package gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.8-2.2.fc4 and
> > installed gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-1.8.11-0.lvn.2.4.i386.rpm
> > successfully:
> > 
> > Rhythmbox still wouldn't work.  So, just in case, I deleted
> > gstreamer-plugins-devel-0.8.8-9 -- still to no effect.  Here are my
> > current gstreamer packages:
> > 
> > root at PuteB Sun Jan 01 13:35:48
> > [217] /home/magnusg $ rpm -qa|grep gstreamer
> > gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio-0.8.11-0.lvn.2.4
> > gstreamer-devel-0.8.10-1
> > gstreamer-plugins-0.8.8-9
> > gstreamer-0.8.10-1
> > gstreamer-tools-0.8.10-1
> > 
> > Any suggestions as to how to proceed?
> ----
> make life easier on yourself and install the livna repository...
> 
> rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
> 
OK -- livna was added as a yum repository

> then 
> yum install gstreamer-plugins-mp3

This still doesn't work.  Interestingly, when I install
gstreamer-plugins-mp3, gstreamer-plugins-extra-audio is automatically
deleted:

Running Transaction
Installing: gstreamer-plugins-mp3        ######################### [1/2]
Removing  : gstreamer-plugins-extra-audi ######################### [2/2]
Installed: gstreamer-plugins-mp3.i386 0:0.8.8-0.lvn.1.4
Complete!                                                                   

leaving me with:
root at PuteB Sun Jan 01 14:02:29
[225] /home/magnusg $ rpm -qa|grep gstreamer
gstreamer-devel-0.8.10-1
gstreamer-plugins-0.8.8-9
gstreamer-0.8.10-1
gstreamer-tools-0.8.10-1
gstreamer-plugins-mp3-0.8.8-0.lvn.1.4

> perhaps even
> yum upgrade

Here's where I get nervous.  According to the FC4 installation notes
(http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html):

As you continue please keep the following in mind: You should not use
the livna.org repository in conjunction with the
dag/freshrpms/dries/newrpms/PlanetCCRMA (RPMforge) collection of rpms in
your configuration files for automatic updates. Use one group or the
other but not both. You should be made aware that there are two
“schools” of rpm packagers for Fedora Core extra applications. One group
consists of the livna.org repository and the other group consists of the
dag/freshrpms/dries/newrpms/PlanetCCRMA (RPMforge) repositories. One of
the most common causes of errors and failures in a new Fedora Core
installation has been the mixing of these two incompatible repository
collections for automatic updates. These two groups of rpm repositories
have been for the most part mutually incompatible in the past and in
some cases have been known to cause serious errors in Fedora Core
installations if used together. It is unfortunate that these two groups
have not found some common ground for consensus and have not gotten
together and made their repositories compatible with one another.