How to listen mp3

[Shu Hung (Koala)]

Thank you all for helping
Thank you a lot

Koala Yeung

2005/5/9, Thomas Beckett <thomas.beckett at gmail.com>:
> On 5/9/05, Shu Hung (Koala) <koalay.dg21 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > How can I listen mp3 in ubuntu?
> >
> > I know roughly that it is related to "gstreamer", but I know too that
> > ubuntu won't officially provide mp3 support because of copyright
> > problem. How do I get support for mp3 files and other media files
> > (e.g. mpeg, avi)
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Koala Yeung
> >
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> > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> >
> 
> Of you want to play .mp3 files in Rythmbox then you need to install
> the gstreamer0.8-mad package. Altiernatively you can install
> Beep-Media-Player (my fav) or xmms.
> 
> To install these see either:
> 
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/RestrictedFormats/view?searchterm=restricted%20formats
> 
> or
> 
> http://Ubuntuguide.org
> 
> the latter will offer very useful information on getting most things running
> 
> Tom
> 


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