i cant use xine engine and i cant select xine engine coz there isnt one anymore after i've updated from version 1.4.1 to 1.4.2

there is only helix player engine available in which i cant play mp3

on version 1.4.1 i've installed amarok-extras-nonfree through yum livna repository all media plays well on xine engine
but not the latest version

what should i do to get xine engine back on for amarok 1.4.2

Wait for amarok-extras-nonfree 1.4.2 I guess.

Or install a distro with better multimedia support.

FC5 has good multimedia support...I have been using it for a media server for a year or so....Very stable and capable....The key is setting up your repos correctly so you have access to packages with all the goodies enabled...like livna or fresh....look here:

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[bill@laptop amarok]$ ls /etc/yum.repos.d/
atrpms.repo                     kde.repo
fedora-core.repo                livna-devel.repo
fedora-development.repo         livna-devel.repo.old
fedora-extras-development.repo  livna.repo
fedora-extras.repo              livna.repo.old
fedora-legacy.repo              livna-testing.repo
fedora-updates.repo             livna-testing.repo.old
fedora-updates-testing.repo     macromedia-i386.repo
freshrpms.repo                  sam-xgl.repo
kde-redhat.repo
[bill@laptop amarok]$


to get things working again you can...

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[bill@laptop amarok]$ rpm -qa |grep xine
xine-lib-devel-1.1.2-1.fc5
xine-lib-1.1.2-1.fc5


to make sure you have the latest xine-lib and devel package installed.....and then download and compile the amarok source tarball.  I just did this myself.  Also, you'll need:

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[bill@laptop amarok]$ rpm -qa |grep taglib
taglib-devel-1.4-2.fc5
taglib-1.4-2.fc5


the latest taglib and taglib-devel package....

Here is a good help guide for FC5:
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html


And another:
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc5.html

bblood wrote:FC5 has good multimedia support...

No it doesn't. Fedora itself has lousy media support when it comes to closed formats. I won't say that this isn't a legitimate choice on their part, but though I enjoyed using Fedora for nearly a year this was one of my reasons to leave it (I'll grant it was a minor one). What you explained (and I snipped) is that external projects can give Fedora good multimedia support. That's great, but having the support reside outside the official distro was/is actually your problem this time. Livna can only build their new amarok-extras-nonfree 1.4.2 after Fedora's official new amarok 1.4.2. If you update in the time between you lose the multimedia support precisely because it wasn't from Fedora.

I'm not trying to persuade you against Fedora, if it works for you that's great. But there is a difference between a distro with good multimedia support and a distro that can be given multimedia support from external sources.

Format c:

Install windows XP

Hi everyone,

I have a similar (or the same) problem. Installing the new amarok-nonfree-extras didn't fix it. I then completely removed amarok, erasing all evidence that it ever existed on my computer, and reinstalled it.

I did it both by source and using yum with livna repositories.  This problem has been consistant.  The xine-engine plugin is in /usr/lib/kde3 and the ./configure script shows that it's installing with xine support NOT helix-engine support.

Amarok only show options for Helix, and void-engine after all that.

bblood,

I notice we have slightly different versions of xine-lib. I have these:

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xine-lib-1.1.2-4.lvn5
xine-lib-devel-1.1.2-4.lvn5


Is there a difference between the livna and fc5 rpms that could cause the issue?

well, I just did another compile by source with amarok, using those xine-libs:

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xine-lib-1.1.2-1.fc5
xine-lib-devel-1.1.2-1.fc5


xine-engine still won't show, and editing amarokrc doesn't fix it.

ok, so it's working now.

All I had to to was restart my x-server. Maybe amarok wasn't cleaning itself properly.

As for the difference between the xine-lib repos, the livna rpms support mp3.

Happy to hear it is working....I Just compiled and installed 1.4.3 and so far so good.....I had been having weird random playback problems where some tracks would seem to  play (movement in the graphic eq) but there was no sound.  Not sure if this was amarok or xine related.....or if it is the fade/crossfade feature.....

No problems building collection any more.....finally...

amaroK really is a great player!