tried to play a cool stream while cleaning up the office.
fired up amarok whhich was fine a couple days ago, no sound actually not playing anything not doing anything at all as the play button doesnt work.
quit amarok and fired up konsole typed amarok and this is what i got.
How do i fix this craziness? I needs mah music.

amarok
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: Phonon::createPath: Cannot connect Phonon::MediaObject ( no objectName ) to Phonon::AudioOutput ( no objectName ).
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: Phonon::createPath: Cannot connect Phonon::MediaObject ( no objectName ) to Phonon::AudioDataOutput ( no objectName ).
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
amarok(30704)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
**********************************************************************************************
** AMAROK WAS STARTED IN NORMAL MODE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE DEBUGGING INFORMATION, PLEASE USE: **
** amarok --debug **
**********************************************************************************************
WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<lfm status="failed">
<error code="8">Operation failed - Most likely the backend service failed. Please try again.</error>
</lfm>
"
QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method App::onWsError(lastfm::ws::Error)
Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing.

Oh noes, let's try to fix Amarok then so that we can get your music back on track
The warning messages indicate that the backend (Phonon) that is used to play the music is missing or could not be loaded. Double-check that a phonon backend is installed (on Ubuntu this should either be the

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phonon-backend-vlc

or

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phonon-backend-gstreamer

package). Also, the output of

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amarok --debug

and the version you are using could be helpful to know.

Hello,
Maybe I should not use this topic, but I have the same problem and I would not want to duplicate it. I tried to solve it by installing vlc and the Gstreamer backend, but the problem persists. (I did not install the debugging symbols)
Cheers
Pax

Is phonon qt5 OK or does Amarok require qt4?
On Arch, I have the same problem and I have already phonon-qt5-gstreamer

lbettini wrote:Is phonon qt5 OK or does Amarok require qt4?
On Arch, I have the same problem and I have already phonon-qt5-gstreamer

I can answer myself: you have to install the package "phonon-qt5-vlc", the gstreamer version is not enough

Just in case, I published this https://www.lorenzobettini.it/2023/01/i ... rch-linux/

hope this helps