K3b: no mp3 support

Mark Fraser kubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk
Sun Sep 2 10:10:11 UTC 2007


On Sunday 02 September 2007 11:00:30 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Got this message when opening K3B:
>
> Mp3 Audio Decoder plugin not found.
> K3b could not load or find the Mp3 decoder plugin. This means that you
> will not be able to create Audio CDs from Mp3 files. Many Linux
> distributions do not include Mp3 support for legal reasons.
>  To enable Mp3 support, please install the MAD Mp3 decoding
> library as well as the K3b MAD Mp3 decoder plugin (the latter may
> already be installed but not functional due to the missing libmad).
> Some distributions allow installation of Mp3 support via an online
> update tool (i.e. SuSE's YOU).
>
> So, how do I fix this? I can play mp3 files with mplayer. Thanks.

IIRC you need to install libmad. Either use the Adept Manager or type
 sudo apt-get install libmad0
from Konsole





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