pls extension). Save the PLS file, and
then double-click the file in the Nautilus file browser. Nautilus comes configured to launch Rhythmbox
for playing audio. Figure 20-4 shows Rhythmbox with a variety of Internet radio stations.
FIGURE 20-4
Rhythmbox playing Internet radio
The site www.di.fm lists a number of free Internet radio channels.
Playing Music with the XMMS Multimedia Player
The XMMS (X Multimedia System) multimedia player provides a graphical interface for playing
music files in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, and other audio formats. XMMS has some nice extras, too,
including an equalizer, a playlist editor, and the capability to add more audio plug-ins. One of its
greatest attributes is that XMMS is easy to use. If the player looks familiar to you, that??™s because it
is styled after the Windows Winamp program.
Red Hat removed all software that does MP3 encoding or decoding because of patent
concerns related to the MP3 format. Although the XMMS player was designed to play
MP3 files, the XMMS plug-in required to actually decode MP3 is not included. To add MP3 support
back into your Red Hat or Fedora distribution, you can get and install an MP3 plug-in. One place
to get RPM packages that support MP3 decoding is http://rpm.livna.org. They are also available
from other sources, including www.
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