Glenn: >> Am I diagnosing things wrong, or is something broken here? I looked for >> known bugs, but didn't find any. > > It's not a bug. MP3 support was pulled at some point in Nevada due to > licensing/redistributability issues I believe.
Note that MP3 decoding support has only been pulled from GStreamer-based applications, not Solaris in general. While GStreamer-based programs do not support MP3 out-of-the-box, you will find that other media programs (such as the Java Media Player) do support MP3 out-of-the-box. The reason that Sun does not ship MP3 with GStreamer is because it would violate the distribution terms of the GPL. Some GPL programs link against GStreamer. These include: totem, rhythmbox, sound-juicer, and (soon) Songbird. Of these programs, all of them except sound-juicer have a GPL exception clause which allows them to be distributed with non-free GStreamer codecs (like the MP3 decoder plugin). We need to do something to replace sound-juicer with something that has better licensing, or find a CD ripper/playback tool which does not use GStreamer, or encourage the sound-juicer project to adopt a similar license exception. When that is done, Sun will start shipping the MP3 decoder with GStreamer. > You need to grab the free MP3 plugin from fluendo. > > https://shop.fluendo.com/ In the meanwhile, you have to do this, yes. Brian _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
