When I select a bookmark it always starts at the beginning of the track. The bookmark might reference a position of 44 seconds, but it always starts at the beginning.

Version info:

Amarok
Version 2.3.0
Using KDE 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)

What am I missing?

You're using a very old version of Amarok there. I'd suggest you update Amarok and KDE to the latest version available for your version of Kubuntu with the following commands:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Hopefully then bookmarks will work properly.

Thank you for the suggestion.

I am now at

Amarok
Version 2.3.2
Using KDE 4.5.3 (KDE 4.5.3)

Still no relief. My problem may not have anything to due with bookmarking.
When I try to jump to anywhere within a track, play start over at the beginning.

I am also now getting the following when starting Amarok which does not seem to change its nature in any immediately observable way:

Could not start process Unable to create io-slave:
klauncher said: Error loading 'kio_file'.

??

If you haven't restarted since the update, that might fix the odd kio error.


If seeking isn't working, the culprit is likely your Phonon backend. Check in Settings > Configure Amarok > Playback > Configure Phonon > Backend to see which you're currently using (probably Xine). phonon-backend-gstreamer is available as an alternative in your version of Ubuntu, but the version you can get is also quite old and I can't guarantee that it'll work. (Newer versions of Ubuntu also have a VLC backend available.)

I have found that the jump works on .flv files, but not on .m4v files using xine.

Thanks for your help.

Errors involving loading of the kio_file slave generally indicate a severe issue with your KDE installation. Please try running "kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" and ensure all packages are up to date.

Also, try enabling all debug information using kdebugdialog, and examining ~/.xsession-errors to see what errors are being encountered when trying to load kio_file.

Note that enabling all debugging output using kdebugdialog will also likely increase the level of output when using Amarok.