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ive been trying to get amarok to play mp3s, ive got xmms & audicious to play them, but looking at amarok i think i would prefer it, though i cant because of needed codecs. I have looked around via google, to no avail. It is using the helix engine, i don't jknow if u can simply use a different engine and get it to run mp3s that way. BTW im using fedora core 5
You'll probably need the mpeg-plugin/extra plugins for helix. I use xine backend at the moment and had to download xine-plugins to get mp3 and some other formats work..it's also possible to use gstreamer as the backend, but I'm not exactly sure if the newest version of Amarok can run that.
Strange? I am running Ubuntu. I loaded Amarok the first time and tried to play a MP3, it gave me a message box asking for permission to install the codecs (which I believe were xine). I was impressed, usually I have to go hunting. I guess I am now a slave to 'apt-get'.
Strange? I am running Ubuntu. I loaded Amarok the first time and tried to play a MP3, it gave me a message box asking for permission to install the codecs (which I believe were xine). I was impressed, usually I have to go hunting. I guess I am now a slave to 'apt-get'.
This isn'r really a yum versus apt-get issue as much as it is a repository issue. Because the mp3 codec is currently patented, the Fedora group does not include the functionality. Since Ubuntu isn't backed by as large a company as Fedora they have chosen to risk including the codec as I understand it since they are less likely to get sued anytime soon. So both yum and apt-get could pull the package if the repositories for both contained the actual files.
FYI: Stanton-finley.net appears to be defunct and tricking you into using it as a search engine now.
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This isn'r really a yum versus apt-get issue as much as it is a repository issue. Because the mp3 codec is currently patented, the Fedora group does not include the functionality. Since Ubuntu isn't backed by as large a company as Fedora they have chosen to risk including the codec as I understand it since they are less likely to get sued anytime soon. So both yum and apt-get could pull the package if the repositories for both contained the actual files.
FYI: Stanton-finley.net appears to be defunct and tricking you into using it as a search engine now.
The issue is more of Red Hat and the Fedora Project, both being based in the US, are bound by US patent restrictions. Ubuntu, based in the Ilse of Man, has different patent laws, thus letting the mp3 codec reside in accessible repositories (or something along those lines. Definatly not related to community size).
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