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Hellbike
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symbols not supported by amarok

Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:13 am
I noticed that amarok got probles with music in folders named using several symbols, for example, music in folder with " ' "  or  " & " in name wont be served properly by amarok.

My question is, what symbols are allowed, and which are not? is " - " okay? or " : " ?
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Re: symbols not supported by amarok

Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:36 am
Hellbike wrote:I noticed that amarok got probles with music in folders named using several symbols, for example, music in folder with " ' "  or  " & " in name wont be served properly by amarok.

My question is, what symbols are allowed, and which are not? is " - " okay? or " : " ?


This was partly a bug in Phonon (or rather: in some of its backends) and has been fixed lately. You might want to watch out for KDE updates.


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Re: symbols not supported by amarok

Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:16 pm
So i have to update Phonon? I didnt found any useful information at phonon official homepage.

How to check what version of phonon i have? And how to update it? do i need certain repository ( i got ubuntu) ?
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Re: symbols not supported by amarok

Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:28 am
@bump

how to fix bad-folder-name issue? how to update phonon?

"Please try switching from the GStreamer Phonon backend to the xine Phonon
backend." this seems to be solution for my problem.

But how to change from GStreamer Phonon backend to xine Phonon
backend?

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Re: symbols not supported by amarok

Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:39 am
Hellbike wrote:But how to change from GStreamer Phonon backend to xine Phonon
backend?


In Amarok 2.1 the Phonon configuration dialog will be integrated, but in 2.0.x you still have to configure it via the KDE "systemsettings". Do it like this:

1) First install the Phonon-xine backend, and libxine1-ffmpeg (for MP3). Note: this is for Kubuntu, the names might be different on other distros.

On my distro, the backend package is called "phonon-backend-xine"

2) Open "systemsettings", then go to Sound (or Multimedia in KDE 4.2), then go to the Backend tab.

3) Move xine to the top, click Apply.


That's all :)


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Re: symbols not supported by amarok

Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:44 am
i deleted gstreamer-phonon-backend and now amarok seems to work correct.


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