I'd expand on this slightly and allow the user to pick from a list of
formats which should be used for audio preview. If the user selects a
codec that is not found on the system (via Gstreamer), it should ask the
user if they would like to install it (again, making note of legality).

Nonetheless, the current implementation is very broken. There is no
coherence to it and several codecs just do not seem to work with audio
previews, FLAC for instance. Those that do work (in theory) such as MP3
and OGG give no indication to novice users about how to get them working
(in practice).

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Nautilus cannot preview MP3 files unless mpg123 is installed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182082
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