phonon for Amarok... which one?

kdar · 2011-07-17 18:03:57

Previously I used xine.. and it worked great.
But recently my Amarok was failing to start and now I have discovered that xine is unsupported package now. Why is that?

I have tried to use gstreamer, but it fails to play any mp3 in Amarok.
I also tried vlc phonon, but it making a clicking sound at the start of each audio track.

karol · 2011-07-17 18:11:10

For gstreamer you may need to install some plugins to play e.g. mp3s and other non-free codecs. I think it's best to install the whole group: 'pacman -S gstreamer0.10-plugins'.

Last edited by karol (2011-07-17 18:12:25)

kachelaqa · 2011-07-17 22:04:39

kdar wrote:

Previously I used xine.. and it worked great.
But recently my Amarok was failing to start and now I have discovered that xine is unsupported package now. Why is that?

the kde devs have dropped support for phonon-xine. see here.

kdar · 2011-07-18 21:31:15

@kachelaqa: Thank for filling me in.

@karol: that solved it. I didn't know I had to install something extra for mp3 playback.

semog · 2011-07-21 00:09:44

i use vlc phonon instead gstreamer and work great just install vlc and it install vlc phonon then go to system settings and change gstreamer for vlc and Amarok rocks again
hope it helps

schivmeister · 2011-07-23 19:04:31

I think the VLC output is the latest recommended by KDE devs. I might be wrong, but I recall reading that somewhere. First it was Xine, then GStreamer, then MPlayer somewhere along this, then VLC.

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#1 2011-07-17 18:03:57

phonon for Amarok... which one?

#2 2011-07-17 18:11:10

Re: phonon for Amarok... which one?

#3 2011-07-17 22:04:39

Re: phonon for Amarok... which one?

#4 2011-07-18 21:31:15

Re: phonon for Amarok... which one?

#5 2011-07-21 00:09:44

Re: phonon for Amarok... which one?

#6 2011-07-23 19:04:31

Re: phonon for Amarok... which one?

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