Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Can't play MP3

[Chris Rose <chris vault5 com>]

On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 17:53 +1000, Peter Anderson wrote:
> Hi! I am relatively new to Linux and recently installed Ubuntu 6.01.

Welcome :-)

> I am trying to play mp3 files that I have copied over from my Windows 
> hard drive and Rythmbox tells me "Can't be loaded ... this is not an 
> audio stream". XMMS can play these files but I find its UI a little odd 
> and would prefer to use Rythmbox.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly is specifically the package you need I
believe.

Kind Regards,
Chris Rose