Re: [orca-list] Libre Distros--wasRe: Latest Version of Orca

[Mallory van Achterberg <stommepoes stommepoes nl>]

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:50:02AM -0400, kendell clark wrote:
> hi
> I might just install this. Is it possible to play mp3 or flash videos  
> with this distro? If  so I'm going to download it and give it a try. Mp3  
> is no big deal, but I have a huge collection of mp3's I want to convert  
> into ogg, but i'm hesitant to do so, because i've heard that converting  
> from one lossy format to another makes them sound worse. Any advice?

Hm, if it's without the non-free stuff (like Debian) then you'd need
to go add that stuff back in to play mp3s. I remember needing to
download gstreamer plugins (called "bad" and "really-bad", lawlz)
and ffmpeg to get music programs like Banshee or Totem to play them.

Same with Flash. However downloading these files wasn't difficult.

-Mallory