On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 09:22 -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 > > THANKS CRAIG and EVERONE who responded! > > That was it. The Unofficial Fedora FAQ did the trick! My problem > was that I did not have all of the repository list to access the nonfree > stuff, and so I followed the instructions in the FAQ from top to bottom > and viola! I got a LOT of stuff that I wanted and more to the point, > my MP3 now works in Amarok! AWESOME! > > Now, the next step is my wma decoder ---- yum install mplayer, mplayer-gui, mplayer-fonts but I seem to recall that you had some Fedora 6 version of something or other stuck which would probably block the installation. Craig
