[glug-t] Re: Multimedia ??

Aha! Well come to sucky world of software patents. Fortunately patents are 
restricted to particular country. And the mp3 software patent is restricted to 
the US. You can download the required RPMs from any rpm repository like 
http://rpmfind.net.

Using an mp3 encoder or decoder is NOT illegal in India TODAY. But it might not 
remain like this forever... Help fight against software patents.

- Vijay Kumar
 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> Recently I upgraded my system from Redhat 7.3 to Red Hat 8.0 , I found that I 
> could not play any MP3 files on it ,I reinstalled XMMS , noatun player and 
all 
> the multimedia RPM's ,but still the problem was unsolved .
> 
> 
> When i tried installing freeamp it was giving a dependency error 'Required 
> id3lib v 3.7.8 '.
> 
> 
> later i read from a magazine that RH8.0 does not include XMMS and mp123 due 
to 
> patenting issues.
> 
> 
> Can anyone tell me 'How can i solve this problem' and wether RH9.0 has these 
> softwares included ?
> 
> 
> thanx,
> 
> 
> Sree
> 
> 
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