MP3's not playing

[underpope]

Using Flight 5. I can't seem to get any MP3 files to play at all. I've tried using JuK, Amarok, and Kaffeine, and none of them work; they all skip through the file completely.

I've got Akode, Akode-mpeg, and the gstreamer-mad packages all installed; what am I missing? I don't get any error messages with any of the player software, so I am having a hard time tracking anything down. The sound system does seem to be working, because I can play other types of sound files. Adept shows that aRts is installed, though when I try to restart it with $ sudo /etc/init.d/artsd restart, it tells me that there is no such service.

I had no problems with MP3's under Breezy.

[Fenyx]

Re: MP3's not playing

Aren't the w32codecs also required for playing mp3's? or are they only for propriety videos?

[Cool_dude_Prav]

Re: MP3's not playing


try installing the xine engine...

and also whatever codecs are for the xine engine...

tell us here what happens after that?

[askrieger]

Re: MP3's not playing

When all else fails, xmms usually works. You'll have to install it along with the plugin for mp3s.

[kubicle]

Re: MP3's not playing

From:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats

note for KDE users: Your specific configuration may require you to install the akode-mpeg package to enable mp3 playback. In Dapper, amarok needs libxine-extracodecs for mp3 support.

[underpope]

Re: MP3's not playing

From:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats

note for KDE users: Your specific configuration may require you to install the akode-mpeg package to enable mp3 playback. In Dapper, amarok needs libxine-extracodecs for mp3 support.

Hey, Kubicle. Thanks for pointing me at that site. Once I'd realized I'd forgotten to enable the multiverse repositories, everything worked out fine, and now I can play MP3's just fine.