ogg radios for rhythmbox

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:01:23 +1100, Jeff Waugh <jeff.waugh at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> <quote who="Paul van Leeuwen">
> 
> > This is an old discussion, but wouldn't it be nice to have a 'one-click
> > installer' for mp3 with disclaimer during installation (to meet home-users
> > that are unfamiliar with apt-get)?
> 
> > Am I alone on this view?
> 
> You're certainly not alone, but we can't do it until there is a legal way to
> do so. I do know of a potential solution in the works, which will provide a
> completely legal, licensed MP3 codec (yes, encoding and decoding) for a tiny
> fee. 

Pray tell, or is it still secret? That would be a very valuable piece.
I'd gladly spend a few quid for that, and would be very happy to help
write a small program to direct users to the vendor the first time
they click on something MP3-ish. You'd still have users stumbling a
bit over Skype and RealPlayer (and then there's the small matter of
WMV), but at least they'd have the most widely-supported format easily
discoverable/installable.