Amarok Problems

cipher79 · 2010-07-16 19:24:44

Hallo everone,

I installed Amarok yesterday since most people told me Amarok is on of the best music player for Linux. But seems like Amarok won't be able to play a simple audio cd. Opening an audio cd and adding all tracks to the playlist triggers Amarok to load music specific data from the internet (so far so good)

But pressing the 'Play' button leads only to a 3 second cut of the track, then Amarok stops again. Doesn't look like a working tool to me.

Any hint would be helpfull. Thanks.

I'm using Amarok 2.3.1 and KDE 4.4.3.

ewaller · 2010-07-17 00:59:15

Just verified that Talking Heads -- Little creatures plays fine, so...

Can you play any audio for more than 3 seconds, or is it just audio CDs.

I assume you are running Phonon -- Are you using the gstreamer backend or the Xine back end? Kde Control Panel -> Multimedia , backend tab?

What is the currently selected music output device in Kde Control Panel -> Multimedia , preferences tab? What are your other choices

What codecs to you have (What is the output of pacman -Qs gstreamer)

Are you using PulseAudio?
Are you using Jack?

What is the output of lspci -v

cipher79 · 2010-07-17 09:05:16

Hello,

I'm using the GStreamer backend. My music output device is HDA intel (default & hw:0,0 are remaining choices)

[pacman -Qs gstreamer
local/gstreamer0.10 0.10.29-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework
local/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.29-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.29-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins (gst-plugins-base)
local/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.23-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-python 0.10.18-1
Python bindings for GStreamer 0.10
local/phonon-gstreamer 4.4.2-1
Phonon Gstreamer backend

No Pulse Audio and no Jack installation.

$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff
Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d2ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 70c0 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 70a0 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at d9304c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
Memory at d9300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00005fff
Memory behind bridge: d8200000-d92fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d3000000-00000000d3ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: d7100000-d81fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d4000000-00000000d4ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: d6100000-d70fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d5000000-00000000d5ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at 7080 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 7060 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 7040 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at d9304800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: d6000000-d60fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
I/O ports at 70e8 [size=8]
I/O ports at 70f4 [size=4]
I/O ports at 70e0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 70f0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 7020 [size=32]
Memory at d9304000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at d9305000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 7000 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 6000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at d8200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sky2
Kernel modules: sky2

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100AGN Network Connection
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
Memory at d7100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
Kernel modules: iwlagn

06:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci

06:02.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at d6000900 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

06:02.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 903f
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at d6000800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

ewaller · 2010-07-17 15:39:38

You are using an Intel HDA chip as am I. A have the "good" as well as the "bad" and the "ugly" codecs.

I do use the Xine backend. You might try that instead.

You also might try adding the following line to your /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf file

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

It enables message signaled interrupts on your PCI bus for the audio card. It may help, it won't hurt. It has worked on some systems.

I gather this is a Sony laptop. I've been avoiding them for some time now (ever since their audio CD rootkit stunt), plus they are not very Linux friendly.
I suppose the next step would be to look at the codec hardware. (On Intel, the front end is handled by the HDA chip, the backend is another chip that translates the HDA output to the appropriate hardware out -- Analog, HDMI, hi-def audio on fiber, etc...)

If you are curious, take a look under /proc/asound/. There should be a directory called card0. I don't think you should have a card1 directory, but verify that.
Under /proc/asount/card0 (or card1 if appropriate) there should be codec files (codec#1, codec#2, ...). These files might become interesting later if you can't get the mixer to behave. For now, just make sure they exist.

Have you tried other audio sources besides an audio disk? Under Kde Control Panel -> Multimedia, what happens with the "test" button -- does it play a little 7 or 8 second tune, or does it cut out after 3 seconds. Will Amarok play an audio file for more than 3 seconds. What if you use Dolphin's preview to try to play an audio file?

Edit: added first paragraph that somehow got lost during the posting process

Last edited by ewaller (2010-07-17 15:42:37)

cipher79 · 2010-07-17 17:37:47

I'll try the Xine backend this evening and extent the modprobe config file.

You're right, it is a Sony laptop, but I'm quite satisfied running arch on it. The only real flaws I discovered until now or this software Fn keys and the hibernate functionality.

While some Fn keys are already working (Arch detected it as Sonly laptop), I was't able to locate the configuration file where I can enable the rest of the Fn keys.

The hibernate problem is worser. After returning from hibernate my keyboard does not respond and I have to restart my system :-(

Using the test button in the mutlimedia preferences tab I got the full melody. Testing amarok with a usual mp3 file results not playing the file (amarok did't even start playing) while other players like vlc, audacity or kaffeine do their work without problems.

mutlu_inek · 2010-07-17 18:02:50

cipher79 wrote:

I'm using Amarok 2.3.1 and KDE 4.4.3.

I have no clue what your problem could be, but you seem to be running a weird mixture of up-to-date and outdated packages? Please update your system.

cipher79 · 2010-07-17 18:12:37

My system is up-to-date.

Amarok
Version 2.3.1
Using KDE 4.4.3 (KDE 4.4.3)

(Amarok help tab)

mythus · 2010-07-17 18:31:27

Current KDE version on my box is 4.4.5. It has been so for some time.

If you are using gstreamer you need to make sure you have all the gstreamer bad and ugly plugins. Just look at gstreamer in the wiki, it tells you all the plgins you need and I think even gives you the command to get them with pacman.

Do you have xine? Using xine as a back end is in fact recommend by amarok developers.

cipher79 · 2010-07-17 19:11:49

You're right. The KDE version displayed in Amarok is not correct. I am up-to-date using KDE 4.4.5.1.

Arch Linux

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Amarok Problems

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Re: Amarok Problems

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Re: Amarok Problems

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