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[ubuntu] Banshee Goes looking for plugin but nothing happens

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi there all Ive just installed Linux 11.04. I thought I would import my music library, which are all mp3's. Banshee says its missing a plugin, and wants to search to find one. I click on search, the box dissapears....and nothing happens. Most times I click on the play button and just nothing at all happens. I know the sound is working, even now I am playing an audio CD, so banshee recognises them, but not my mp3's. My question is whats happening? Shouldn't Banshee import the plugin? Maybe its something deeper because I cant get Ubuntu Software Center to do anything, it just searches and s (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 01/14/2012 – Made popular on 01/14/2012

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