The standard Fedora Core Linux doesn’t include support for MP3 and DVD playback and other proprietary video and audio formats like MPEG, AVI, QuickTime etc due to patent and license issues.

However there is a website which provides the software that RedHat and Fedora Project doesn’t include in its repository. It is http://rpmfusion.org/. RPM Fusion is a merger of Dribble, Freshrpms and rpm.livna.org and its goal is to simplify end-user experience by grouping everything in a single location.

First of all, you need to install two rpms from rpmfusion.org which add necessary repository entries in the easy installer “yum“. You need to login as super user to do all this.

[neo@techpulp ~]# su
Password:
[root@techpulp ~]# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.i6GxrP: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 49c8885a
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:rpmfusion-free-release ########################################### [100%]
[root@techpulp ~]# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.9YI5z7: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b1981b68
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:rpmfusion-nonfree-relea########################################### [100%]

Then you can install XMMS with MP3 support using the following command.

[root@techpulp ~]# yum install xmms xmms-mp3

Install the following plugins to work with Amarok player and others.

[root@techpulp ~]# yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly xine-lib-extras-nonfree

You can install xine with MPEG, AVI and DVD support with the following command.

[root@techpulp ~]# yum install libdvdcss xine xine-lib