MP3 on openSUSE - 5 Minute Fix
Unlike its commercial cousin SUSE, openSUSE doesn’t come with proprietary and/or patent encumbered software due to legal restrictions.
This happens to be a bit of a nuisance, as most of us like to play DVDs and MP3s on our computers without having to bugger about too much getting it going.
This is a < 5 minute fix to get MP3 working on gnome on openSUSE 10.2.
First of all, head on over to the MP3 page on Fluendo.com - follow the instructions there to download the Fluendo MP3 decoder. Don’t be worried about the ’shopping cart’ etc - the MP3 decoder is free…
Extract the fluendo-mp3-1.i386.tar.bz2 file.
As root, copy the libstflump3dec.so file to the gstreamer plugin directory by entering the following command:
’sudo cp libgstflump3dec.so /opt/gnome/lib/gstreamer-0.10′
Open up Banshee and enjoy - you are now ready for MP3…
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February 19th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Very usefull; thanks!!!
February 19th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Glad to help mate
February 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Sry, I’m too stupid to download the MP3-Plugin and get the necessary file. Can anyone help?
March 10th, 2007 at 8:30 am
Apologies if I missed something, downloaded the file, extracted archive and copied to the gstreamer folder but no change. Did I miss a step?
March 24th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Thanks Chris for pointing us in the right direction. For people having trouble doing this, read here:
You need to get root permissions to do this. If you have trouble copying the file try this (this is how I did it with Gnome, but it’s probably similar with others):
1. Save the ‘fluendo-mp3-1.i386.tar.bz2′ file to the desktop.
2. Hide all windows to see the desktop.
3. Right click on the desktop icon for ‘fluendo-mp3-1.i386.tar.bz2′ and click on ‘Extract Here’
4. A ‘fluendo-mp3-1.i386.tar.bz2_FILES’ folder icon should appear on your desktop. Double click on it to view its contents
5. Right click on the icon for the ‘fluendo-mp3-i386′ folder. Click on ‘Open In Terminal.’
(NOTE: Any time I tell you to type something I will put single quotes around what you need to type. You just type whatever is inside the single quotes, without typing the single quotes. After typing each command, press the enter key.)
6. At the terminal prompt, type ’su’ (for super user) and enter your root password (I hope you can remember it!) You need root permissions to do this right.
7. Now like Chris said, type ’sudo cp libgstflump3dec.so /opt/gnome/lib/gstreamer-0.10′
8. At the terminal prompt, type ‘cd /opt/gnome/lib/gstreamer-0.10′
9. Type ‘ls’. A list of files will appear. Make sure
‘libgstflump3dec.so’ is in that list. If it is missing from the list, then start over at step 1 and make sure you do it right this time!
March 24th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
That’s really comprehensive Keith. I’m sure new users will find your instructions really easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to do that
March 26th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Perfect….I have been beating myself over this for days now and this works! Thanks!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:52 am
works these with KDE?
April 16th, 2007 at 12:59 am
hai, i use opensuse 10.2 and i done as what you write, but it is still not work for me, when i click paly on my banshee then the banshee dissapear form may desktop. any suggestion on this problem?
April 16th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
I have the same problem lile ubai.
Also I use don’t Gnome UI. I use KDE. In this system very popular XINE Engine. And I think I need to integrate this .so file their. But I can’t make it by my self. Can someone help me. I want to use Amarok audio player for play mp3.
Thanks,
Iliya
April 26th, 2007 at 10:42 am
finally..try to use helix bansee, this work for me
June 14th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Hi I just installed it as you said but its not working.whenever I wanna open mp3 file it just close the banshee window.Please give me some suggestion.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:45 am
Oh great… So if i used GNOME, and ditched KDE, I can make this work. Too bad neither this forum or novell has a solution for KDE.
WAIT! I got one! Reformat, install the new slackware, that has the codec.
never again novell… you burnt a fan, I’m done with your bullsh*t operating system. Stop screwing the end user because you’re too f*ckin lazy to make a real fix.
October 5th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Reply to D Martin comment:
1. The lazy one is you.
2. I have been using KDE since ver 2 and I have not had any problems with MP3 playback.
3. Solution, install xine-amarok engine, works perfectly.
4. I quite happily play all types of DVD’s, CD’s on my system including DRM encoded ones.
5. Stop bitching and blaming Novell/OpenSuSe for perceived problems. Go blame the proprietary owners of the codecs and tell them to release GPL versions.
6. As for all new users, take heart, linux is continually improving and is now a completely viable desktop. I do all my business and personal use in it. Yes, unfortunately, if you like playing games, then a good percentage of the time you are forced to use Microsoft’s product. One hopes that will one day be fully remedied.
7. To the OSS community, keep up the good work.
October 10th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
If having trouble or using kde..
put it in /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10
works perfect
January 11th, 2008 at 10:36 am
IF it will be in Russian, it will be better.
Thanks!!
February 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
mp3
February 7th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Great, works fine, thanks!
February 18th, 2008 at 9:18 am
я так понимаю эту биб-ку libgstflump3dec.so на кинуть в /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10 и все заработает !??
February 20th, 2008 at 10:33 am
да!
In newer distributions, the directory to copy it to will be /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/.
That is lib64 on 64-bit systems. You can find out by doing ‘locate gstreamer’.
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