Phonon mp3 problems

[Seb Ruiz]

2008/10/2 Dr. Diesel <dr.diesel at gmail.com>:
> Current SVN of 2.0, when attempting to load any mp3 I receive this error:
>
> [2008-10-01 20:26] <p>Phonon claims it <b>cannot</b> play MP3 files. You may
> want to examine the installation of the backend that phonon uses.</p><p>You
> may find useful information in the <i>FAQ</i> section of the <i>Amarok
> Handbook</i>.</p>
>
> This is on a fresh Fedora install.  The suggested Amarok handbook was last
> updated over 2 years ago, didn't find any reference to this error!
>
> I have no other mp3 xine packages installed (found a reference in Ubuntu to
> phonon-xine), but can't find any documentation saying I even need them!
>
> Any suggestions?

I highly doubt that fedora would come with mp3 support out of the box.

Please see http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/MP3_on_Fedora_Core


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