I recently installed Amarok because I've heard great things. The interface is certainly very appealing compared to clunky (and not to mention ugly) systems like XMMS.

Unfortunately, I'm having some problems. I went through the initial config, choosing my media folders and let Amarok import my 6000 or so mp3s into its library (or "collection", as you like to call it . When I drag a folder or some song files or whatever onto the playlist, they move over just fine. But when I actually try to play one, the OSD shows the song name and artist and then it moves on to the next song, as if the song length were 0 seconds. Doesn't actually play any sound, and repeats this through to the end of the playlist. No error message, no crashing, and it does add the songs to the recently played list and increments their play count.

Suggestions? I would really like to get this resolved as it looks like a far superior media player / library than anything else I've tried in Linux so far.

My system:
OS: Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake (all the latest updates)
DE: GNOME (I had to install kdelibs when installing Amarok through Synaptic)
Engine: xine (libamarok_xine-engine version 1 framework version 15)
Ouput plugin: ALSA (has been working fine with Totem, MPlayer, XMMS, etc.)

If you need any more informaion please let me know..

-Aikon

Oops, forgot to mention.. its version 1.3.9, from the Ubuntu repositories.

http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/MP3_on_Kubuntu should help

Thank you kindly! I'm not sure whether it was installing

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libxine-extracodecs

or

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libetunepimp2-dev

that fixed it, but I'm not having any more problems!

Thanx Aikon,

I've uptated Ubuntu and was with the same problem. I've tried libxine-extracodecs and it worked just fine!