I installed Ubuntu last night and am playing around with it. I have a FAT32 drive with all of my data that I have been using with Window. I can access that drive fine. When I launch RhythmBox and try to play one of my mp3's, I get an error telling me that the file is not an audio stream.

All 9GB of my music have been created using iTunes for Windows. I like the way iTunes displays my music and handles the playlists. I read that RhythmBox is similar. I would like to use RhythmBox, but don't know why it is not working.

Any help is appreciated. Also, is it possible to import music and playlists from my iTunes foler?

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TIA,
Mike

Ubuntu, and many distros, will not play mp3s out of the box. You have to install the plugins.

Activate the extra repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list then fire up synaptic and have a look at what is available for you.

Hey

Once you've gotten your extra repositories set up, use synaptic or apt-get and install w32codecs. That should help you meet your mp3 needs (and other media types).

Cheers,
Ben

Thanks for the replies. I got the extra repositories and got mp3 files working. Now I am trying to get the m4p files (AAC) that I have from iTunes to open. It seems that it is a desirable request. Others have posted the same problems I have. At least I can listen to my music now.

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Mike