I am trying to play WMA lossless files in amarok under Kubuntu 12.10. I have done a lot of googling and searching on this site and have not found anything to help me. Most of the posts are from 2008-2009 and suggest that I am missing a codec. However, I have installed the optional third party codecs and all seems to be well with most file types, including lossy wma files.
However, I still cannot play wma lossless files in amarok. When I try to play them, I get a message "amarok requires an additional plugin to decode this file" saying "Windows Media Audio decoder" is required. I tell it to search for the plugin and an error message appears "no plugins could be found."
From what I've read, it should be possible to play wma lossless in amarok, so why can't I do it? The files are ones that I ripped myself from CDs and so should not be copy protected. I would just re-rip the songs into something linux-friendly, but the discs are stored at my parents' house across the country.
I am still relatively new to troubleshooting in Linux, so detailed instructions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions!
However, I still cannot play wma lossless files in amarok. When I try to play them, I get a message "amarok requires an additional plugin to decode this file" saying "Windows Media Audio decoder" is required. I tell it to search for the plugin and an error message appears "no plugins could be found."
From what I've read, it should be possible to play wma lossless in amarok, so why can't I do it? The files are ones that I ripped myself from CDs and so should not be copy protected. I would just re-rip the songs into something linux-friendly, but the discs are stored at my parents' house across the country.
I am still relatively new to troubleshooting in Linux, so detailed instructions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions!
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