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  16 <h1>Playing MP3s with GSSMP</h1>
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  18 <p>The GSSMP developers recommend storing your music in
  19 <a href="http://www.vorbis.com/">Ogg Vorbis</a> format, rather than MP3.
  20 For a good explanation of why, check out this article:
  21 <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416">http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416</a>,
  22 especially the section entitled "What's Wrong with MP3?".</p>
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  24 <p>Anyway, if you do want to be able to play back mp3 files, and you're
  25 happy to install something that is not
  26 <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>
  27 (details from
  28 <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php">Fluendo</a>) you
  29 can install the Fluendo mp3 gstreamer plugin.  On Ubuntu enable the universe
  30 repository and type:</p>
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  32 <p><tt>sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3</tt></p>
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  34 <p>Other distros should check their package repository, or read more at
  35 <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php">http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php</a></p>
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