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

[Tino Meinen <a t meinen chello nl>]

Op vr, 18-08-2006 te 09:16 +0100, schreef Chris Rose:
> On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 17:53 +1000, Peter Anderson wrote:

> > 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.

Wouldn't it be great if the Rhythmbox's error message would point the
user in the right direction and tell him/her what to do to make it work?

What would be needed to make that happen?

Tino Meinen