[ILUG] FC3 & MP3

[Paul Jakma]

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Les Davis wrote:

> Could someone please give me a little faith regarding Playing MP3s with
> FC3? I have downloaded all the software (gstreamer, xmms etc) I can put

> keys. Is it possible to get around them or do I have to subscribe to
> somewhere?

It's to do with patent licences. RedHat can't ship MP3 without paying 
a patent licence. Nor can they even tell you where to go to download 
the patent-violating software (least, seems that's what their counsel 
has advised them).

Go to:

 	http://rpm.livna.org

And follow the instructions, ie:

# cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo
### See http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraSources
### And insert here the fedora.us repository configuration

### And then add these lines to access rpm.livna.org repositories:
[livna-stable]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

[livna-unstable]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0

[livna-testing]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
EOF
# rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY
# yum install xmms-mp3 gstreamer-plugins-mp3 lame mpg321

regards,
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