Playing MP3 Files in Fedora 8 using KDE
To play MP3 files in Fedora 8 with KDE you need to add software to your default installation. This software does not come “stock” with KDE because the software is not free and RedHat is required to filter it — therefore if you download this update make sure you check the licensing agreements:
- First, add Livna sources using rpm
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
- Next, Install kdemultimedia-extras-nonfree** using yum
yum install kdemultimedia-extras-nonfree
That is it, next launch Amarok as an example and hello MP3 music!
Q: Hey Chris, why does the kdemultimedia-extras package end in “-nonfree”
A: Good question, tough answer, the kdemultimedia-extras-nonfree package contains plug-ins which cannot be shipped by Red Hat / Fedora because the license is not LGPL. Please note the the license of the entire library is not LGPL! So of course you shouldn’t install it unless you pay the owners for licensing rights.
Suchit said
April 2 2008 @ 12:38 pm
thank you very much … could u plz suggest how to play movies (.dat , avi)
Chris Schuld said
April 8 2008 @ 11:04 am
Suchit:
Sure, I assume you are on a 32-bit machine, if so you can use yum to install mplayer:
yum -y install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayer-fonts mplayerplug-in
You should be able to play AVI files with mplayer after it is installed!