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mcmillion
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Amarok doesn't read streaming metadata

Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:55 am
Since moving first to Amarok 2.4.x, and now 2.6.0, it has not been able to display metadata from a Shoutcast (.pls) stream.

Running 'amarok --debug http://somafm.com/u80s.pls', I see the following Taglib errors:
TagLib: MPEG::Properties::read() -- Could not find a valid first MPEG frame in the stream.
TagLib: MPEG::Properties::read() -- Could not find a valid first MPEG frame in the stream.
amarok: [ScanManager] ScannerJob: got count: 2
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.


By comparison, running 'vlc http://somafm.com/u80s.pls' plays the stream and correctly decodes the metadata. Also, the console app streamripper is able to parse the stream.

Any suggestions welcome.
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Re: Amarok doesn't read streaming metadata  Topic is solved

Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:06 pm
I see metadata from this stream and when I run from command line as you did 'amarok --debug http://somafm.com/u80s.pls' I don't see the errors you posted.

Which Phonon backend are you running, I'm running VLC - if running Gstreamer try VLC

Which distro?

I'm not sure those error messages are relevant, especially the "Invalid sample rate", maybe someone more knowledgeable will know

OpenSuse Leap 42.1 x64, Plasma 5.x
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Re: Amarok doesn't read streaming metadata

Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:33 am
First of all, thanks for the quick reply.

As it turns out, I was configured with a GStreamer Phonon Backend. Changing to VLC backend appears to solve my issue.

For the record, I had to:
1. Install the VLC backend by downloading the 'phonon-backend-vlc' package
2. Configure the system to use it. KDE System Settings -> Hardware -> Multimedia -> Phonon -> Backend, move VLC to the top.

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