Ubuntu – Unable to play mp3 in ubuntu 14.04

14.04

How to resolve this bug in Ubuntu 14.04
Rhythmbox requires to install plugins to play media files of the following type: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder

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You need to install the ubuntu restricted formats package...

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

But you can use "Movies" to play the MP3. That piece of software automatically scans for plugins.

mp3:

searching

installing

mp4:

searching

installing

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I just ran into the same issue on version 15.04 and after looking around and trying different solutions, I found a fix. Detailed at Rhythmbox doesn't add/import MP3s from ~/Music on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04

Basically, if the Rhythmbox database gets corrupted somehow, Rhythmbox "forgets" that it can load and play MP3 files, so the trick is to remove or rename the database, so that Rythmbox creates a new, uncorrupted library.

The choices that were presented on the other page were either to

Delete the database:

rm ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml

or rename it:

mv ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml.bak

And then start the import again.

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