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Re:Useless Windows 10 Features by crispinb on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:10AM (#20807299)
I don't know at what point Fedora loosened up re the FOSS strictures, but the version I installed (30) did have non-free apps/codecs available by default, including for mp3s.
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Re:Useless Windows 10 Features by vetinari on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @06:56AM (#20808180)
MP3 patents expired in 2017, so Fedora does include them now. So did AAC and AC3.
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Re:Useless Windows 10 Features by crispinb on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @08:17PM (#20815685)
Yes of course. Wasn't there also some policy change at some point regarding what's available in the store by default? I had a vague memory of that but could be wrong.

Anyway, the upshot is that at least based on my experience (limited as I'm not a big media consumer), media playing does just work OOB with current Fedora.

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