Redhat/Fedora does not come with mp3 support enabled by default. Follow the below directions to install the mp3 plugin for RhythmBox:
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As root setup the livna repo for yum.
# rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY # cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repo.d/livna.repo [livna] name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 EOFSetup the fedora extras repo for yum. FC4 should come with a default setup for extras.
# cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repo.d/fedora-extras.repo [extras] name=Fedora Extras $releasever - $basearch #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/ mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-extras-$releasever enabled=0 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras gpgcheck=1 EOFInstall the gstreamer-plugins-mp3 and other required packages.
# yum -y --enablerepo=livna --enablerepo=extras install libid3tag gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-mp3Register Gstreamer Plugins, this time as normal user.
$ gst-register-0.8RhythmBox should now support mp3 files.
Alternate approach with Package Manage
Just add the paths to non-free repositories and use the package manager. Find "ugly" gstreamer plugins and install. Done.