GStreamer plugins to decode MP3 files in SXCE 90

Solaris Express no longer provides a GStreamer MP3 decoder plugin, so you'll need to install a 3rd party plugin (or the plugin from an older SXCE release).

Basically, when you plug in your iPod or run Rythmbox and add some mp3 song, you'll get something like:

"The GStreamer plugins to decode "MP3" files cannot be found.

You can download the MP3 decoder plugin for free from Fluendo (you still need to register and use the webshop interface to "buy" it for 0$).
http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php

Select "Fluendo MP3 Decoder".

Read the documentation, and make sure the plugin is set to executable and all dependencies are resolved.

cthulhu% gst-inspect flump3dec

(gst-inspect:7948): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/export/home/cmihai/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/libgstflump3dec.so': ld.so.1: gst-inspect-0.10: fatal: libgcc_s.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory
No such element or plugin 'flump3dec'

cthulhu% ldd ~/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/libgstflump3dec.so
warning: ldd: /export/home/cmihai/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/libgstflump3dec.so: is not executable
libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0

cthulhu% chmod +x ~/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/libgstflump3dec.so
cthulhu% grep libgcc /var/sadm/install/contents
/usr/sfw/lib/amd64/libgcc_s.so=libgcc_s.so.1 s none SUNWgccruntime

cthulhu% export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/sfw/lib
cthulhu% gst-inspect flump3dec
Factory Details:
Long name: Fluendo MP3 Decoder (C build)
Class: Codec/Decoder/Audio
Description: Decodes MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2 and 3 streams to raw audio frames
Author(s): Fluendo Support
Rank: primary (256)

cthulhu% rhythmbox

Now you can play MP3 files in Rhythmbox, Totem, etc.

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip - free music

As you know Trent Reznor went all "open source this, free download that" so you can just grab torrents with .flac or directly download the mp3 versions of his latest album:

http://theslip.nin.com/

You can even grab a 1.2GB better-than-CD-quality 24bit 96kHz audio file.

You can also grab 9 tracks off his Ghosts album and some pretty neat bundled wallpapers and extra content.