Amarok -- codecs -- something not quite right

[dibl]

On a brand new 8.10 Kubuntu installation, with the codecs installed, I noticed that Amarok doesn't seem to find them. I used alsaplayer and played CDs and mp3s, so I know the codecs are available on the system. Maybe it's an Amarok bug, but it happened in both the "legacy" Amarok (installed by default) and also Amarok KDE4 which I installed later. So maybe there's something tricky about the way the codecs go in now. I'm using the default xine engine in Amarok -- I haven't spent any time chasing different setups, since I never previously needed to change it to get playback.

Anyone else see this issue?

[Rog131]

Re: Amarok -- codecs -- something not quite right

Do you get a error message ?

Is it still this > Topic: amarok not playin mp3s suddenly

Sometimes /home/user/.xine folder gets garbled:
Topic: Amarok 1.4.5, libxine-extracodecs installed, no mp3 playback

>> Amarok: No suitable demux plugin

st14n:

The fix that worked for me was to close Amarok, delete the ~./xine folder and restart Amarok.

[dibl]

Re: Amarok -- codecs -- something not quite right

Aha -- that sure looks like the problem -- thanks Rog! I didn't think to search for it because I associated it with Intrepid -- shame on me! :P

I'll try the fix after I get home from home from work -- I'm confident this is the problem.

[dibl]

Re: Amarok -- codecs -- something not quite right

Nope, it wasn't the .xine folder. That was not the problem -- it was this:

dibl@ibex:~$ sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly linux-restricted-modules-common yauap libsidplay1
 binutils-static
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 libxine1-ffmpeg
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 394kB of archives.
After this operation, 909kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com[/url] intrepid/main libxine1-ffmpeg 1.1.15-0ubuntu3 [394kB]
Fetched 394kB in 2s (195kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libxine1-ffmpeg.
(Reading database ... 103255 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libxine1-ffmpeg (from .../libxine1-ffmpeg_1.1.15-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up libxine1-ffmpeg (1.1.15-0ubuntu3) ...

Funny that alsaplayer is happy with the w64codecs and libxine, but Amarok needs the other. Also funny (or not) that Amarok no longer is able to put up a prompt to help the user provide for its special needs ....

[assettt]

Re: Amarok -- codecs -- something not quite right

On my upgrade i just upgraded to the kde4 beta (in th repo's) and that solved the problem. Adept warns of removing amarok, amarok-xine and some other stuff but the upgrade is successfull and Amarok works fine.
BTW during the upgrade Kaffeine, VLC player,Gimp and possibly others were removed without me being prompted. Beta eh. Upgrade at your own peril.