Amarok

[pookito]

Guys, just have a quick question. I know that this version of Linux should make it easier to play mp3 songs. Well, I downloaded Lame, Kaffeine plays, like other media player but Amarok for some reason is not playing them. It get stuck. I do not know why. Can you help me to figure this out?

Pookito

[Kdar]

Re: Amarok

My Amarok is doing something like this too.

It play the CDs only if I eject it and then inject it again.

It would not play CD if its already in the drive.

[marshallbanana]

Re: Amarok

Does Amarok bring up a popup saying it doesn't have codecs for mp3, or that it need to download codecs for mp3? Or does it simply not play?

[ctt1wbw]

Re: Amarok

Yeah, my install is doing it too. It won't play when I import songs, but it will play the cd. I just installed Banshee and that works fine. So I guess I'll use Banshee until I figure out how to get Amarok working.

[EpsDel]

Re: Amarok

Strange... I've had some really big problems with banshee, kept crashing when it couldn't find some image ... unhandled exception.

[pookito]

Re: Amarok

I do not mind using Kaffeine in the mean time I get amarok to work, I just think amarok rocks, too bad it has some bugs.

[ctt1wbw]

Re: Amarok

Kaffiene is the best media player I've ever used. I like it better than vlc.

I've used Banshee on my Ubuntu Edgy install without any problems. Amarok works great on my Fedora Core 6 laptop. I wonder what the problem is here with Kubuntu...

[The Liquidator]

Re: Amarok

Have you got the package (IIRC) lib-xine-extracodecs?

Also do a search in adept for MP3.

Also, it might make sense if you take a look around in the Amarok settings, in particular the engine it's using. I think mine uses xine (the same as Kaffeine) .
Ian