mp3 plugin not found

[Axel Boldt]

Binary package hint: banshee

Running Ubuntu 11.04 from a live-CD, I tried to play an mp3 file with Banshee. When a message popped up saying that an mp3 module needed to be downloaded, I agreed, but then it couldn't find the module (networking was already working at the time). Later attempts to play mp3 files failed silently; ogg files play fine.

So there are two problems to be fixed:
1) Make sure that the mp3 module can be found
2) If mp3 module can't be found, make sure that user is prompted later to download it again

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: banshee 2.0.0-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 1 17:23:40 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/banshee/Banshee.exe
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/mono
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
SourcePackage: banshee
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Axel Boldt (axelboldt-yahoo)]

I'm using the 64 bit live-CD, if that is relevant.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

as far as I can remember this behaviour it's intentional because there are some issues with copyrights in some countries so I really don't think it's a banshee fault

[Thijs van Dijk (ametheus-deactivatedaccount)]

Agreed. Did you remember to enable the multiverse repositories?
(This can be done by ticking the "Software restricted by copyright or legal issues" box in the "Software sources" dialog. [This dialog can in turn be found by starting the software centre, and hitting Edit->Software sources.])

[Axel Boldt (axelboldt-yahoo)]

I did not enable the multiverse repositories (and didn't know about them (and if I had known about them, I might not have known that mp3 support needs them)).

I think it might be nice if the user initially would be alerted about the issue somehow, and if the subsequent silent fails on playing mp3's could get a warning.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for banshee (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]