Noatun MP3 playback on RH8

[James Richard Tyrer]

Chris Arrowood wrote:
> As you know, RH8 removed support for MP3's due to possible patent issues. I 
> found the page on RH's site saying that playback could be restored by info 
> found at xmms.org and mpg123.org.  I upgraded both of these packages and also 
> upgraded to KDE 3.04.

You don't need to just upgrade the packages, you need to look at the 
information on the sites.

> I staill can not get noatun to open/play mp3 files.  XMMS can.  Noatun does 
> not even list mp3 as a file type that I can add to my playlist or open, much 
> less actually getting to the playback part.
> 
> Any ideas?  Did I miss something?
> 
Yes, you need to illegally install LAME:

http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/

--
JRT

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