LinuxWebLog.com

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.