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Since I upgraded from Amarok 1.4 to Amarok 2, mp3 files are no longer playing in Amarok. There was no problem before, now it doesn't work anymore. Amarok shows the right length in the display, but if I try to play something, it just sits there and does nothing. If I keep trying to play the same file, it eventually pops up with "Too many errors encountered in playlist. Playback stopped." (5 errors I think). This problem occurs regardless of which mp3 file I try.
Kaffeine also doesn't play MP3 files (I think this worked fine before the Amarok 2 install). Amarok plays OGG files fine. Mplayer plays MP3 files fine. I have kubuntu-extra-codecs installed. I have libxine1-ffmpeg installed. I am running KDE 4.1.3. |
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Make sure that you are using the xine Phonon backend, but not the GStreamer one.
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Mark Kretschmann - Amarok Developer |
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Check. Xine is still listed as the preferred backend. Gstreamer is in the list but it's deferred in the sound settings. |
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Well, if you're using the xine backend, plus you have libxine1-ffmpeg installed, then Amarok must be able to play MP3.
Otherwise we might be dealing with some kind of Christmas miracle, maybe
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Mark Kretschmann - Amarok Developer |
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Well I'm not making this stuff up:
shouldn't audio/mpeg show up in that list? Why not? Also, is there anyway to verify that kde4 is using Xine and not gstreamer? |
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Looks like you have Amarok 1 and Amarok 2 installed at the same time? That's not a good idea, since their configs will collide.
Uninstall Amarok 1.x.
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Mark Kretschmann - Amarok Developer |
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According to apt-get, it was already removed. I used dpkg --purge amarok and dpkg --purge amarok-common to wipe out the config files but nothing has changed. I re-installed Amarok 2 hoping it would reset any configuration problems but it still doesn't work. Here's what my system looks like now:
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Try manually removing the ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok directory, as well as ~/.kde/share/config/amarokrc if they still exist.
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A good suggestion but the problem persists. |
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Have you checked in KDE's control centre (or whatever it's called now) that the phonon settings there are correct? I can't tell you what they are meant to be, or where exactly they are (I don't use linux atm) but you can probably find the relevant details elsewhere on this forum.
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It's called "systemsettings" (at least here on Kubuntu). Then you go to Sound -> Backend.
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Mark Kretschmann - Amarok Developer |
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I'm facing exactly the same problem: Amarok2 shows the right length in the display, but if I try to play something, it just sits there and does nothing. If I keep trying to play the same file, it eventually pops up with "Too many errors encountered in playlist. Playback stopped." (5 errors I think). This problem occurs regardless of which mp3 file I try.
Im running Kubuntu 8.10 with KDE 4.1.3. libxine1-ffmpeg is installed and I'm using xine backend. When I start Amarok2 from console and try to play MP3s I'm getting the following output:
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Sorry... my fault: libxine1-ffmpeg was actually NOT installed. Strange... I was sure I installed it with Adept... but when i checked it with apt-get it was not installed.
Anyway... it's working now. |
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Well still no solution. Here's my output from the command line:
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That's the output from trying to play exactly one mp3 file. Xine is now the only option in the phonon list and there isn't much I can adjust in the settings. |
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