First, a tiny bit of history. You can skip this entirely and just get to the tutorial if you’d like.
Why doesn’t Fedora support MP3 ‘out of the box’?
Fedora cannot include support for MP3 or DVD video playback or recording. MP3 formats are patented, and the patent holders have not provided the necessary licenses. Fedora also excludes other multimedia software due to patent, copyright, or license restrictions, such as Adobe Flash Player and RealNetworks RealPlayer.
That doesn’t mean you can’t play .mp3 files in Fedora, it just takes a bit of work (not much).
If you’ve seen the following screen (or something familiar), follow the steps below and you’ll be playing MP3s in Fedora in no time at all.
I’ve tried a number of tutorials, steps and guides – the following tutorial is almost certainly not the only way to get MP3s playing, but it’s the one that worked for me, with the least hassle.
- Start by clicking Applications and then select Add/Remove Software.
- When prompted for your root password, enter it and click OK.
- Select Applications from the left column, and then Sound and Video from the right column. Make sure to place a check in the Sound and Video entry. Click the Optional packages button.
- Scroll down to xmms – version number – The X MultiMedia System, a media player and place a check in the box next to it. Click Close.
- Back at the Package Manager window, click Apply. A Package selections window will appear – click the Continue button.
- Don’t be surprised (or worried) if an “unable to verify” window appears. Just click Install anyway.
- After a while, you should get a Software installation successfully completed window. Click OK.
- Locate an MP3 on your hard drive, right-click it and select Properties from the menu.
- Select the Open With tab at the top, and select Audio Player from the list of applications. Then click Close.
- Now you’ll have to fire up your web browser and head to http://www.gurulabs.com/goodies/downloads.php. On this page, scroll down a bit to the XMMS MP3 Plugin for Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core section, and download the file titled xmms-mp3-1.2.10-16.i386.rpm. Don’t worry that it’s labeled as a file for Fedora Core v4 – it should work with any version of Fedora higher than 4 (for me it worked in 6). Once its finished downloading, double-click it.
- Again you’ll be prompted for your root password. Enter it in the space provided and click OK.
- Click Apply to install the package.
- Once it has completed installing, locate an mp3 and double-click it. Ta-da! You can now listen to all your MP3s in Fedora.
works fine! nice one mate!!
the easiest way to set up your mp3 pluggins
thanks dude, i really apreciated the howto
it works 100%
Roy – glad it helped
hi
i came back to tell you that the howto above didn’t work on the x64 desktop that i have at school.
it’s working fine on my i386 that i have at home
for all the people that get’s here with the same problem on a x64 pc, follow this link
just install this repository
# rpm -ihv http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/7/i386/RPMS.freshrpms/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm
and yum this
# yum -y install xmms xmms-mp3 xmms-faad2 gstreamer-plugins-ugly \
gstreamer-plugins-bad libmad libid3tag
i’ve got this from here
http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/f7-tips.php#mp3
thanks again Ross
Thanks a lot!
hi..
whenever i click on Add/remove programs, it is giving me some error message. some sort of ‘can not connect…’ like. i’m using FC7, so what should i do now?
hey man it works , finally i am very happy with fc7
thanks very much
Thanks a lot, this totally worked…just one question, how can i select all my mp3s and assign them to open with XMMS? Someone PLEASE let me know!!!
ho can i run mp3 files in kubuntu
Tks very much !!
How do you get DVDS running?
how to play mp3 in fedora using “aplay” command…
how to play .dat,.avi files in fedora7
Thank You very much for the information given..
It’s really works fine
Great howto. Worked great on fedora 9.
Thank u very much. Now i am enjoying the MP3 melody in Fdora 7 with ur help
This works. I can play mp3’s on Fedora Core 5.
BUT… it still is not a plugin for FireFox!
If I click on an mp3, I always get the “missing plugin” indication from FireFox, and it invites me to click to go find the plugin, which of course, it then says it can’t find because they don’t have any mp3 plugin at the FireFox website.
I cannot find any menu or preference in FireFox that will let me tell it, “Look, when you see mp3 files, open the AudioPlayer and just play them”
How do I do this?
Works great in fedora 9, what about audacious?, my volume seems low — any fixes?
hiyou are best.i am iranian male and i can play mp3 in my fedora whit ur help.
mp3 is not playing in fedora 9.When i play mp3 then a massage not plugin
Thanks man! It worked nice with me.
Thanks very much, works perfectly on my Fedora 7!
Thanks very much, works perfectly on my Fedora 8
Tanx a lot for useful Informations
Hey Ross, thank you very much!! Works just fie… – Shuvayu
Thank you very much, I followed your simple and useful tutorial, managed to play mp3 files. Thanks a lot mate, real pro
This works for me in Fedora10.
Thank you so much, and thanks to guru labs!!!!
Tried in Fedora 10, worked for me as well.
whenever i try to play a mp3 file in fedora then a msg coming like “cant play the file”?
oioi Ross.., valeu o TUTO..ajudou,
brigadão.
Working perfectly. thanks buddy…
As of today, the XMMS download link is not usable, as there is not XMMS download available.
Please update on where it can be found!
Thanks.
it says Redhat removed plugin for leagal reasons
Hell Yeah!!!!!!Dude!!!!!!!
Thank YOU Very Much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU rock, my friend!!!!!
Down with Windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!