Hi

I'll preface this by saying I'm testing out Kubuntu KDE 4.2 experimental packages, so I understand there will be a few bugs.

I'm wondering if anyone using KDE 4.2 RC is experiencing problems with no tracks playing when using the Phonon Xine backend. When Gstreamer is used as the backend, music (OGG) plays ok (although I have no digital output).

When amarok is started from the shell it says something like "Xine attempted to seek beyond the end of the track".

This did occur when running KDE 4.1.3 as well, since Amarok 2.0.1.1 was installed... so I don't think the problem is related to 4.2.


Thanks for any help provided.

james




Here's some version info:


$ aptitude show phonon amarok-kde4 phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon-backend-xine                                     
Package: phonon                                                                                                                               
New: yes                                                                                                                                     
State: installed                                                                                                                             
Automatically installed: yes                                                                                                                 
Version: 4:4.2.80+svn906929-0ubuntu2~ppa1                                                                                                     
                                                                       

Package: amarok-kde4
New: yes           
State: installed   
Automatically installed: no
Version: 2.0.1.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1
                                                                                                                 

Package: phonon-backend-gstreamer
New: yes                       
State: installed               
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 4:4.2.80+svn906929-0ubuntu2~ppa1

Package: phonon-backend-xine
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 4:4.2.80+svn906929-0ubuntu2~ppa1

$ aptitude show kdelibs5
Package: kdelibs5
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 4:4.1.96-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa1

Hi James,

I have a similar problem here. I'm using openSuse 11.1 + KDE 4.2 RC1 + Amarok 2.0.1.1, and indeed amarok won't play any song with the Xine backend. Switching to GStreamer I get sound, but some weird behavior (I stop the music and amarok stop and start the same music again).
With Xine as backend I get KDE system notifications to play sound, but amarok won't play anything and give this message when I click on the "play" button:

QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00

If you use the Xine backend (which we currently recommend), you will have to install the MP3 codec for it, which SUSE does not ship in the distribution (for legal reasons).

Installing it is super simple, just google for it

I can confirm this bug...

Kubuntu 8.10, KDE4.2 RC1, Amarok 2.0.1.1, Phonon.

The internet services output sound, not so the mp3s in my local collection...

QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
X Error: RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter) 169
  Extension:    152 (RENDER)
  Minor opcode: 7 (RenderFreePicture)
  Resource id:  0x4200306
X Error: BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter) 4
  Major opcode: 54 (X_FreePixmap)
  Resource id:  0x4200305
amarok(14795) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14795) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14795) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14795) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
fish@fishbook:~$ xine is asking to seek behind the end of the data stream
xine is asking to seek behind the end of the data stream
amarok(14795) KSharedUiServerProxy::KSharedUiServerProxy: kuiserver registered
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
xine is asking to seek behind the end of the data stream
xine is asking to seek behind the end of the data stream

Mark Kretschmann wrote:If you use the Xine backend (which we currently recommend), you will have to install the MP3 codec for it, which SUSE does not ship in the distribution (for legal reasons).

Installing it is super simple, just google for it :)

Hi Mark. thanks for the info. My collection is Ogg format, which the phonon backed for Xine won't play, I haven't tried any mp3's yet. For me the phonon xine backend doesn't play anything.

In KDE System Settings > Multimedia i played around with the various devices, testing sound output for both the Notifications and Music output but nothing is heard when Xine is the preferred backend. I deferred PulseAudio to the bottom of the device list as PA has been removed on my system, it's a SHOC.
... so I don't think the issue here is in Amarok

When gstreamer is the preferred engine, playback for Music (in Amarok as well) and Notifications works. I haven't tried Gstreamer for MP3 yet.

Thanks
James

Same here, gstreamer works, xine doesn't.

Others have this problem as well: 

http://forums.opensuse.org/applications ... times.html

So I just installed the 4.2 final packages on Kubuntu 8.10 and guess what? This bug is STILL not fixed....

Very very disappointing.

I'm pleased to say this looks to be fixed in KDE4.2 / Kubuntu 8.10 - I think it was a buggy/incompatible xine phonon backend.

Packages installed:

$ aptitude show amarok-kde4
Package: amarok-kde4
Version: 2.0.1.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1

Package: phonon-backend-xine
Version: 4:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa1

Package: libphonon4
Version: 4:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa1

Package: phonon
Version: 4:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa1

I have kubuntu 8.10 + KDE 4.2 and I have this problem too.

@Vincens:

make sure you have libxine1-ffmpeg installed and that you use indeed the xine backend for Phonon.
The only other explanation would be encrypted mp3s...

Works here very well and always has.

I have libxine1-ffmpeg installed and the only backend for phonon in my computer is xine.
Amarok doesn't work nor .mp3 neither another formats like .wma.

With VLC I can play any music, for example.

Amarok 1 works without problems.

Vincens wrote:I have libxine1-ffmpeg installed and the only backend for phonon in my computer is xine.
Amarok doesn't work nor .mp3 neither another formats like .wma.

With VLC I can play any music, for example.

Amarok 1 works without problems.

Well that surely isn't normal. Whatever the reason is, it's probably not an Amarok bug, but rather a packaging issue, or a configuration problem. I recommend asking in your distro's forums.


PS: Whether VLC or Amarok 1 work is really irrelevant here. They work very differently.