Noatun MP3 playback on RH8

[James Richard Tyrer]

James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 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/
> 
It is also possible that RedHat built NoAtun without MP3 support.  In 
that case, you will have to get it somewhere else or build from source.

--
JRT

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