Enabling mp3 support in Ubuntu 7.10

Ubuntu 6.10 had complete multimedia support including mp3, video cds, dvds. This was taken out in 7.10 because of license restrictions on the decoders and their incompatibility with the GNU GPL under which Ubuntu is being released. Enabling multimedia support for formats requiring non-GPL codecs in Ubuntu 7.04 was a pain. This is now child's play in Ubuntu 7.10

Once you install or uprade to Ubuntu 7.10 all you have to do is double click on an mp3 file from the file manager. The mp3 will be opened in the default player (being totem) and it will prompt you to download the necessary codecs. The download and installation happens automatically and you can sit back and relax. Once the codecs are installed your system is ready to play any mp3 file.
Happy mp3-ing in Ubuntu