Installing the Fluendo MP3 plugin

Installing Fluendo MP3 Plug-in

Fedora 8 now includes CodecBuddy (Codeina) to install Fluendo Plugins.

• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/Codeina

On December 21st 2005, Fluendo released MP3 plug-in for the GStreamer multimedia framework. The MP3 decoder is available free of charge both for individual end users and GNU/Linux and Unix distribution makers. This will allow playback of the popular MP3 format using many popular open source applications such as Totem Movie Player, Rhythmbox Music Player.

• http://www.fluendo.com/press/releases/PR-2005-05.html
• http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php

Here is a basic step of installing Fluendo MP3 Plug-in for GStreamer step-by-step for an end user:

Step 1

Visit Fluendo Webshop and click on "Fluendo MP3 Decoder"

Step 2

Select your architecture and click on "Add to Cart" button and follow by "Checkout" button.

Step 3

Sign in either as a new customer or returning customer. Continue Checkout Procedure to confirm this order.

After confirming your order, you'll be given a link where you can download "Fluendo MP3 Decoder"

Step 4

Once downloaded, extract the tarball and read the documenation/INSTALL.mp3.txt.

$ ls
fluendo-mp3-1.i386.tar.bz2
$ tar -jxvf fluendo-mp3-1.i386.tar.bz2
fluendo-mp3-i386/
fluendo-mp3-i386/libgstflump3dec.so
documentation/INSTALL.mp3.txt
documentation/LICENSE.mp3.txt
$ ls
documentation  fluendo-mp3-1.i386.tar.bz2  fluendo-mp3-i386
$ cd fluendo-mp3-i386/
$ ls
libgstflump3dec.so

Step 5

Basically, you need to create a plugins directory under $HOME/.gstreamer-0.10 then copy the binary over.

$ mkdir -p $HOME/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins
$ cp libgstflump3dec.so $HOME/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins
$ chcon --type=textrel_shlib_t $HOME/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/*.so

Last step may not be necessary if selinux is disabled.

If selinux is enabled, make sure that executable stacks are enabled (see System > Administration > SELinux Management > Boolean > Memory Protection > Allow unconfined executables to mark their stack executable).

Step 6

Now, you should be able to play MP3 files using GStreamer applications such as Totem Movie Player, Rhythmbox Music Player, Banshee Music player or the Elisa Media center.

References

If you're experiencing a difficulty installing plugins, please refer to following fluendo ticket.

https://core.fluendo.com/gstreamer/trac/ticket/24

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