As a workaround, one can force gstreamer to use a different plugin for playing mp3s:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10876312
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.10-fluendo-plugins-mp3-partner
As a workaround, one can force gstreamer to use a different plugin for playing mp3s:
http:// ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?p=10876312
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer0. 10-plugins- bad gstreamer0. 10-plugins- ugly
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0. 10-plugins- bad-multiverse gstreamer0. 10-plugins- ugly-multiverse gstreamer0. 10-fluendo- plugins- mp3-partner