Amorok = no / Dragon = yes

[steve7233]

Why won't Amarok play my audio cd when Dragon will?

[Snowhog]

From personal experience, Amorok doesn't play nice with audio CDs; it's always been hit or miss.

[NickStone]

Why won't Amarok play my audio cd when Dragon will?

This is a known bug in Amarok for KDE4 for years, however the KDE developers are in no rush to fix it.

Amarok for KDE3 did work with CD's and still does. I have Trinity DE (fork of KDE3) on a laptop which has Amarok and it works perfectly with CD's.

If I were you, I'd replace Amarok on KDE4 / Plasma5 with Clementine (which is also a fork of the KDE3 Amarok) and works with CD's.

[steve7233]

@ NickStone It doesn’t show the album information. It just says track #.

[oshunluvr]

People still use CD's ?

[NickStone]

@ NickStone It doesn’t show the album information. It just says track #.

In your original post you asked why Amarok won't play CD's then in your response to my post you hint at Amarok playing CD's but won't display track information. So I'm assuming from your response that it does play CD's?

If it is not displaying track information then it is because Amarok (for whatever reason) is unable to connect to the CDDB server online. Is your computer connected to the net? Have you got any software installed that block data?

There is still a bug in Amarok for Plasma-desktop (KDE4) and I still think you should install Clementine.

[NickStone]

People still use CD's ?

Yes, I do.

[Snowhog]

What else would one put their hot cup of coffee/tea on?

[oshunluvr]

What else would one put their hot cup of coffee/tea on?

Ahhhh, didn't think of that...


...LOL

[steve7233]

In your original post you asked why Amarok won't play CD's then in your response to my post you hint at Amarok playing CD's but won't display track information. So I'm assuming from your response that it does play CD's?

If it is not displaying track information then it is because Amarok (for whatever reason) is unable to connect to the CDDB server online. Is your computer connected to the net? Have you got any software installed that block data?

There is still a bug in Amarok for Plasma-desktop (KDE4) and I still think you should install Clementine.

You said to try Clementine. I uninstalled Amarok.

@ oshunluvr, I still use cds and I am sure a lot of people do, especially older people.

[oshunluvr]

I was just trying to be funny. Although, since hard drive space is so cheap I ripped my 500+ CD collection to flac files years ago. No more searching for discs or worrying about scratching one. They're all in boxes in the attic.

[vinnywright]

Amarok play's CD's @ hear ,,,,,although it's hit and miss some times.

Dolphin will play CD's and anything elce in the information panel (F11)

if you do not mind compiling/building your own app ,,,,,,QMPlay2 dose it all including youtube and DLing the youtube vid if you like http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/...content=153339



VINNY

[NickStone]

You said to try Clementine. I uninstalled Amarok.

Oh sorry, I completely got hold of the wrong end of the stick.

I know from personal experience of using Clementine that it does display CD track information but you do need it to connect to the net so it can connect to the CDDB server.

If the CD's are professionaly made it could be that the CD does not have an entry in the CDDB. Unfortunatly not every CD has an entry in the CDDB, I have a few CD's that have no information on the CDDB, these are mostly mix CD's that I had bought.

[steve7233]

It's a Hank Willams Jr. 'Bocephas' cd from BMG. Seems like a major country music star should be in the CDDB. I have an Internet connection or I wouldn't be able to view this forum.

[NickStone]

It's a Hank Willams Jr. 'Bocephas' cd from BMG. Seems like a major country music star should be in the CDDB. I have an Internet connection or I wouldn't be able to view this forum.

Is this the only CD with the problem? Do other CD's display track information? Under Configure Clementine can you find the CDDB server setting? What does it point to?

Under Amarok for Trinity DE it points to freedb.freedb.org what does Clementine say?