On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 08:53 -0800, Dan Thurman wrote: > On Thursday 10 January 2008 08:42:47 am Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 08:39 -0800, Dan Thurman 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/ > > > > -- > > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > There is nothing in the Unoffical Fedora FAQ link in regards to Amarok. > > > > > > Thanks for the tip! > > > > ---- > > the 'unofficial Fedora FAQ' uses some repos that you might not have set > > up...I think that they have instructions for using their suggested repo > > setup. > > What is output of? > > yum repolist > > Craig > > + yum repolist > repo id repo name status > fedora Fedora 8 - i386 enabled > updates Fedora 8 - i386 - Updates enabled ---- that's why...fedora packages don't carry non-free stuff like gstreamer-plugins-ugly if you configure livna, you're good to go if you are going to rely upon 'unofficial fedora FAQ' you probably would want to use their yum setup (which is vastly different than a standard install) if you actually want their instructions to work. Craig
