K3B & MAD

[Lorin Pino]

Donald D Henson wrote:
> I'm trying to install K3B. The install looks okay except that when I run it, I 
> get the following an error message that states:
>
>   
>> 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. Solution: 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).
>>     
>
> I have installed eveything with even a vague reference to MAD but no change. I 
> can't find the "MAD Mp3 decoding library" nor the "K3b MAD Mp3 decoder 
> plugin". Can anybody tell me how to find these things?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Henson
>
>   
Just using synaptic with mp3 and mad as search terms, it showed libmad0 
as the mpeg decoder library.  Is it on yours?
~Lorin