Article Title: Rhythmbox and Totem do not support MP3 solutions. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Including desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, open source, and other basic categories. Why does Linux not support mp3? This issue was not mentioned several times in Linux forums. In fact, the United States copyright and intellectual property laws prohibit the Linux release of the relevant software and software plug-ins. As a result, mp3 support has been deleted by some Linux releases, with some exceptions. For example, Linspire provides mp3 support because Linspire has already paid the copyright tax for you. Of course, Linspire is not free.
In short, GNU/Linux follows the following rules:
Linux does not contain proprietary software.
Linux distributions made in the United States do not contain anything that violates US federal law.
It does not include anything that violates the intellectual property rights of a patent.
Gentoo Linux and most distro support mp3:
Download the source code for the gst-fluendo-mp3 plug-in.
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