Plugging in a generic MP3 player, I see that 8.04 no longer treats it as a USB drive and says it can't play what's on there without searching for codecs etc. Given that it's all in MP3 format this must be nonsense. It was more helpful when it viewed it as a USB drive so is there a way of changing this? Thanks. Bev.
2008/7/24 Bev Nicolson bnicolson@operamail.com:
Plugging in a generic MP3 player, I see that 8.04 no longer treats it as a USB drive and says it can't play what's on there without searching for codecs etc. Given that it's all in MP3 format this must be nonsense. It was more helpful when it viewed it as a USB drive so is there a way of changing this? Thanks. Bev.
Check for the auto play handling preferences, which seem to have become more Windows like.
Also, Ubuntu, out of the box, doesn't know how to decode MP3s so you'll need to add the non-free codec package(s) : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
Hope this helps, Tim.
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:34:15AM +0100, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Plugging in a generic MP3 player, I see that 8.04 no longer treats it as a USB drive and says it can't play what's on there without searching for codecs etc. Given that it's all in MP3 format this must be nonsense. It was more helpful when it viewed it as a USB drive so is there a way of changing this? Thanks. Bev.
mp3 is a patent encumbered file format, ubuntu doesn't carry the required codecs in the default install (probably) read:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
for more information and how to fix.
Adam
On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 15:05 +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
mp3 is a patent encumbered file format
Hopefully the patent offices are starting to see sense, this looks encouraging at least. (it's on slashdot at the moment so be patient (hur hur) while it loads)
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/07/the-death-of-go.html
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