gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 not a valid MP3 codec?

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After installing 11.4, I found a package called gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 with the following description:

gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 - GStreamer plug-in from Fluendo for MP3 support

This package contains the fully licensed MP3 decoder binary as available from Fluendo Shop free of charge.

I know I can get a working MP3 codec in the Packman repositories, but since this package was already installed (perhaps by Flash Player) I thought this step may have become redundant. However, Kaffeine still isn’t able to play MP3s. Does that mean that gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 isn’t a valid MP3 codec and I still need the Packman repo?

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gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3

This codec I have already installed in my opensuse 11.3.

I still need the Packman repo?

Yes you need it.

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So what’s the purpose of having that package then? It’s supposed to decode MP3s but it apparently doesn’t.

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It is a mp3 codec. Because linux(opensuse) have not codec mp3 codec we must install it.
Here it is http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp
This codec I have already installed to play mp3 files in amarok.
Try to play a file in amarok and tell me if works.

I forgot it if you want to transform a kind of music file to another try to install pacpl through yast.

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I know why I have to install an MP3 codec, but what’s the purpose of having gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 if it doesn’t allow MP3 playback? http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp successfully enables MP3 playback, but the purpose of gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 isn’t clear to me.

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Hi
Works fine here on the Gnome Desktop, I would guess in KDE you need to
select gstreamer backend somewhere.

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So go to start menu–>system settings–>hardware–>multimedia–>phonon–>and select gstreamer

http://a.imageshack.us/img695/1972/36908801.png

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So GNOME users don’t need to get the Packman repository manually to route around legal issues? This copyright thing is getting weirder every day.

Does this allow MP3 playback without having to install the Packman stuff?

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Does this allow MP3 playback without having to install the Packman stuff?

No you need packman. With that way you improve your sound.

So GNOME users don’t need to get the Packman repository manually to route around legal issues? This copyright thing is getting weirder every day.

I do not know about gnome what happens. I have KDE. But I thing that in gnome you must install pacman repository.

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Hi
I have no packman enabled here and mp3’s play fine. I have yet to install any other codecs.

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Sorry but I have not gnome as graphics interface. I have KDE.

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So only KDE users need a certain package that can’t be shipped with openSUSE because of legal reasons? Not being able to ship a certain codec because of copyright issues makes certain sense. But if it’s true that GNOME users don’t need Packman, then the codec must already be included by default. What kind of middleman needed for the codec to work in KDE can be copyrighted? I understand less and less of this copyright issue every day.

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Hi
No, the mp3 gstreamer plugin is downloaded and installed automatically
at the first update. It’s not installed by default. What I’m saying is
for Gnome it all works, no tweaking of the system required.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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up 20:22, 5 users, load average: 0.64, 0.24, 0.13
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 260.19.26

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  • gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3 is a valid MP3 codec that will make gstreamer-based apps play MP3.
  • not all apps are gstreamer-based
  • gnome apps usually are gstreamer-based
  • kde apps usually are phonon-based, phonon can be configured to use gstreamer, but can use something else
  • in the specific case of kaffeine, neither Phonon nor gstreamer are used. Kaffeine is a xine-based app.
  • if you want to play anything else than MP3 (AAC, DivX, H264…) you still need the other codecs. Only Packman provides codecs for these other formats.