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474Part IVRunning ApplicationsFigure 19-4:Rhythmbox playing Internet radio. The site www.di.fmlists a number of free Internet radio channels. Playing Music with XMMS Multimedia PlayerThe XMMS (X Multimedia System) multimedia player provides a graphical interfacefor playing music files in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, and other audio formats. XMMS hassome nice extras too, including an equalizer, a playlist editor, and the capability toadd 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 WindowsWinamp program. Red Hat removed all software that does MP3 encoding or decoding because ofpatent concerns related to MP3 format. Although the XMMS player was designed toplay MP3 files, the XMMS plug-in required to actually decode MP3 is not included. To add MP3 support back into your Red Hat/Fedora Core distribution, you can getand install an MP3 plug-in. One place to get RPM packages that support MP3decoding is http://rpm.livna.org. They are also available from other sources, including www.xmms.organd www.gurulabs.com/downloads.html. Thisissue does not necessarily apply to other Red Hat derived distributions, such asMandrake 10.0. Start the XMMS audio player by selecting Sound & Video.Audio Player or by typ- ing xmmsfrom a Terminal window. Figure 19-5 shows the XMMS audio player withthe associated equalizer (below) and the Playlist Editor (to the right). As noted earlier, you can play several audio file formats. Supported formats include: .MP3 (with added plug-in) .Ogg Vorbis .WAV .AU .CD Audio .CIN MoviesNoteTip27_