Juk will only play .ogg files and KMix is dead
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I tried playing my .mp3 files in Juk, and they just won't play however my little .ogg files will play.
I can't get KMix to open at all. I have the little KMix icon bouncing next to my cursor, then nothing. Debian 7; KDE 4.8.4 |
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is this new install or upgrade? did they play previously?
Juk - you might be missing file needed to play mp3 files, I think it uses a Phonon backend, if you are using the Phonon-gstreamer backend you would need to add additional gsteamer packages or maybe switch to the Phonon-vlc backend Kmix - is there errors displayed if you try running it within Konsole
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Maybe KMix is already running? There should be an icon in your system tray (normally on the bottom-right part of the screen), which looks like a loud speaker (the exact appearance depends on your plasma theme). Just click on it. |
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If it's already running it could be hidden, to the right of the visible system tray icons is there a triangle? if so this clicking it will show icons that have been hidden to save space.
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In the footer of your post you write that you use KDE4.8.4. Is that correct?
If you ran KDE 4.9 or KDE4.10, the likely solution for you KMix problem would be to update to KDE4.11. In general you should check whether KMix is running. Search for a process named kmix in a task or process manager (CTRL-Esc is the default shortcut if I remember correctly). If it is running you can try to kill KMix from the task manager and then start it again from the menu (or a Konsole window). |
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google01103 ... I think I am using gstreamer, but I forgot how to find it.
wolfi323 ... you are right, it is already running. I didn't know the speaker was KMix. cesken ... thank you for the shortcut to process manager. I was wondering if there were such a thing. I am not sure how to upgrade yet. Thank you all for your time! Lady Aleena |
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google01103 ... here are all the gstreamer plugins(?) I have installed:
gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-conf gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-x libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libgstreamer0.10-0 phonon-backend-gstreamer Could there be any conflicts between any I have installed? |
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No conflict, but you don't have the fluendo plugin, and that is absolutely essential to play back the mp3 format.
Running Kubuntu 22.10 with Plasma 5.26.3, Frameworks 5.100.0, Qt 5.15.6, kernel 5.19.0-23 on Ryzen 5 4600H, AMD Renoir, X11
FWIW: it's always useful to state the exact Plasma version (+ distribution) when asking questions, makes it easier to help ... |
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Mamarok ... the weird thing is VLC plays the mp3 files right now, thought JuK is not. I see a file called gstream0.10-fluendo-mp3 listed in Apper. Is that the one I need to get Juk up and running?
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Yes, that certainly does appear to be the package you need to install.
The reason why VLC is working whilst Juk is not is because they use different mechanisms to play media. VLC has it's own, whilst Juk relies upon GStreamer to play media.
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google01103, wolfi323, cesken, Mamarok, and bcooksley: Thank you ALL for your help in setting me straight with KMix and helping me get Juk working. I just don't which answer to say is the solve, since you all chipped in to the solve! Can I accept all of your answers? :)
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I set the hook on the one where the missing package is mentioned
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