Hi, I just got amaroK and it\'s a great audio player - but only when it works. I have a couple of problems I hope someone can help me resolve. I can play many MP3 files but there seems to be a handful or problematic ones. The first problem is that amaroK freezes when trying to play certain MP3s. This is confirmed with MP3s with their filenames and paths fully in English. I can play these problematic MP3s with other players such as VLC just fine, but it freezes amaroK and I don\'t know what is causing that.

The second problem is that I have many MP3s with Japanese ID3 tags. Many of them show up correctly, but some of them show up as garbled squares and gibberish. I saw in the FAQ a Perl script to circumvent an UTF-8 related problem but I

1. Do not know if it applies to my problem
2. Do not know how to run the Perl script, or what it exactly does to my MP3s :laugh:

If someone can help me solve these 2 problems, I will be very grateful.

In Settings->Configure amaroK->last.fm, uncheck Retrieve Similar Artists.

eean: why would that cause amarok to freeze?

cheers,
muesli

Due to that one Unix/Sqlite issue that was preventing us from upgrading sqlite. Seems like the sqlite guys were totally right. Its the bug that must be fixed before 1.4.

ah, in that case: i\'m working on it, after talking to markey yesterday. it\'s not that easy without changing the behaviour for all other db backends as well. or i hate the source. whatever. prolly it\'s worth it. for 1.4 we should really come up with a rewritten db engine system.

cheers,
muesli

muesli wrote:

ah, in that case: i\'m working on it, after talking to markey yesterday. it\'s not that easy without changing the behaviour for all other db backends as well. or i hate the source. whatever. prolly it\'s worth it. for 1.4 we should really come up with a rewritten db engine system.

cheers,
muesli

Heh, I was sure you had heard of it. Glad to hear your working on it.