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Re: xmms on linux doesn't load file or play URLs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Wed Jun 18 11:29:12 2003
To: Ike <ike@MIT.EDU>
Cc: <testers@MIT.EDU>
From: amu@alum.mit.edu (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 18 Jun 2003 11:29:09 -0400
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Ike <ike@MIT.EDU> writes:
> The first time you try to play an mp3 with xmms on 9.2, it pops up a
> message about mp3 patent/license issues, and how it won't play mp3s
> anymore. XMMS will still play ogg vorbis files though.
Ah, sigh.
> This seems pretty silly to me, since a working mpg123 is included in the
> same distribution.
Besides, my impression was that only *making* MP3s was patented, with
decompression remaining free.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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