[F8] Installing MP3 for Amarok? How?

[Mr.Scrooge]

--- Dan Thurman <dant at cdkkt.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 10 January 2008 08:23:33 am Peter Reed wrote:
> > On Thursday 10 January 2008 09:10:26 am Dan Thurman wrote:
> > > I have googled for MP3 support for Amarok but I have been unsuccessful. 
> > > I tried both helix and xine engines and every time I try to drop in a MP3
> > > file, Amarok reports that MP3 files are not supported.
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me what I need to do to get MP3 support working?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> > If you look at the Unofficial Fedora FAQ it will tell you how to enable the
> > repositories that you need that will enable you to install the software
> > required to get mp3's working in Fedora and Amarok.
> > The Unofficial Fedora FAQ:  http://www.fedorafaq.org/
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> 
> Well, I was able to install xine-mp3, and I this works in xine. But Amarok
> says it does not support it. It won't even play it even if it is in my 
> playlist.
> 
> Following the Unoffical Fedora FAQ I tried:
> 
> + yum install kdemultimedia-extras-nonfree << does not exist
> + yum install audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3 << does not exist
> + yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly << does not exist
> 
I could be wrong but the official fedora repositories do not contain nonfree software.
I think you need to add the livna repository for what you want.

-Max


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