[linux-audio-user] ogg for Windows made really easy

[Cesare Marilungo]

Lee Revell wrote:

>On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 17:14 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
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>>Lee Revell wrote:
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>>>Personally I think it's a losing battle to ask Windows users to use
>>>anything but WMP.  Like it or not MP3 is the standard.  We need to make
>>>MP3 "Just Work" on Linux.
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>>What's the problem ? Is there a lack of MP3 players for Linux ?
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>Install a random Linux distro, simple MP3 *playback* is usually not
>enabled OOTB (Mandriva seems to be the exception).  They make you deal
>with external package repositories to get the packages needed for MP3
>support which means editing /etc/apt/sources.list or whatever.
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>Every time there's a Linux story on /. this is one of the complaints
>that comes up.  And rightly so, MP3 playback is up there with email and
>Web browsing, they can't believe that any system where this does not
>Just Work could be worth a damn.  Many of them give up at that point,
>and we've lost a potential Linux user for good...
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>If there were a "New Linux User FAQ" I suspect "I just installed Linux,
>why can't I play MP3s?" would be in the top 2 or 3.
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>Lee
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Maybe it is just because a distro that is shipped in large quantities 
should otherwise pay royalties?

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