mp3 support in RhythmBox for Redhat/Fedora

Redhat/Fedora does not come with mp3 support enabled by default. Follow the below directions to install the mp3 plugin for RhythmBox:

  1. As root setup the livna repo for yum.
    # rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY
    # cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repo.d/livna.repo
    [livna]
    name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages
    baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn
    enabled=0
    gpgcheck=1
    EOF
    
  2. Setup the fedora extras repo for yum. FC4 should come with a default setup for extras.
    # cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repo.d/fedora-extras.repo
    [extras]
    name=Fedora Extras $releasever - $basearch
    #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
    mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-extras-$releasever
    enabled=0
    gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
    gpgcheck=1
    EOF
    
  3. Install the gstreamer-plugins-mp3 and other required packages.
    # yum -y --enablerepo=livna --enablerepo=extras install libid3tag gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-mp3
    
  4. Register Gstreamer Plugins, this time as normal user.
    $ gst-register-0.8
    
  5. RhythmBox should now support mp3 files.

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Alternate approach with Package Manage

Just add the paths to non-free repositories and use the package manager. Find "ugly" gstreamer plugins and install. Done.

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