playing mp3s in PA4

[Wolfgang Romey]

Am Freitag, 12. April 2013, 12:58:06 schrieben Sie:
> On 12.04.2013 11:54, Wolfgang Romey wrote:
> > I see, that mp3-files are now indexed in PA4. But i did not find a way to
> > play them, so it makes not much sense for me. Or is there a way to play
> > them (and mp4s)?
> 
> Due to licencing reasons (to legally install mp3 codecs, you have to pay
> license fees), Mer does not ship any mp3 codecs.
> In the long run I think it would make sense to provide them in the Add
> Ons story for a cost (or hardware vendors could pay the fee and
> pre-install them on their devices).
> Probably the easier way is to re-encode the files to ogg vorbis before
> putting them onto the device.

I thought you have to pay license fees for mp3 encoders and not for decoders 
and that the problem was, that mp3 is not a free format. 

As Marco Martin solved the problem of mp3 indexing,  he must have somme mp3-
files on his tablet. Is he not able to play them?

Wolfgang