Amarok 1.3.3 + gStraemer not playing

Neuro · 2005-10-12 13:12:24

Hi,

I've got a problem with getting amaroK 1.3.3 to work with the gStreamer back-end. It works perfectly well with xine. While configuring the gStreamer backend works well (alsasink), when I select a track to be played, it "plays" it and immidietly skips to the next one. I've run amarok in console to see what happens, but it seems like an usual playback function call (I can't see any errors there).

I've got the following packages installed:

amarok-base-mysqlfree 1.3.3-1
amarok-engine-arts 1.3.3-1
amarok-engine-gst 1.3.3-1
amarok-engine-xine 1.3.3-1
gst-plugins 0.8.11-1
gstreamer 0.8.11-1

Amarok gives the following output to the console:

amarok: [controller] Loading URL: file:///mnt/media/Music/Depeche%20Mode/Ultra/12.%20Depeche%20Mode%20-%20Untitled.mp3
amarok: BEGIN: virtual bool GstEngine::load(const KURL&, bool)
amarok:   [Gst-Engine] Loading url: file:///mnt/media/Music/Depeche%20Mode/Ultra/12.%20Depeche%20Mode%20-%20Untitled.mp3
amarok:   BEGIN: bool GstEngine::createPipeline()
amarok:     BEGIN: void GstEngine::destroyPipeline()
amarok:     END__: void GstEngine::destroyPipeline() - Took 1.9e-05s
amarok:     [Gst-Engine] Sound output method: alsasink
amarok:     [Gst-Engine] CustomSoundDevice: false
amarok:     [Gst-Engine] Sound Device:
amarok:     [Gst-Engine] CustomOutputParams: false
amarok:     [Gst-Engine] Output Params:
amarok: [void gst_equalizer_init(GstEqualizer*)]
amarok: [GstPadLinkReturn gst_equalizer_link(GstPad*, const GstCaps*)]
amarok:   END__: bool GstEngine::createPipeline() - Took 0.61s
amarok: END__: virtual bool GstEngine::load(const KURL&, bool) - Took 0.61s
amarok: BEGIN: virtual bool GstEngine::play(uint)
amarok:   BEGIN: void EngineSubject::stateChangedNotify(Engine::State)
amarok:     [virtual void amaroK::StatusBar::engineStateChanged(Engine::State, Engine::State)] Line: 132
amarok:     BEGIN: virtual void ContextBrowser::engineStateChanged(Engine::State, Engine::State)
amarok:     END__: virtual void ContextBrowser::engineStateChanged(Engine::State, Engine::State) - Took 0.002s
amarok:   END__: void EngineSubject::stateChangedNotify(Engine::State) - Took 0.013s
amarok: END__: virtual bool GstEngine::play(uint) - Took 0.014s
amarok: BEGIN: virtual uint GstEngine::length() const
amarok: END__: virtual uint GstEngine::length() const - Took 0.00016s
amarok: BEGIN: void EngineSubject::newMetaDataNotify(const MetaBundle&, bool)
amarok:   [static void GstEngine::eos_cb(GstElement*, void*)]
amarok: END__: void EngineSubject::newMetaDataNotify(const MetaBundle&, bool) - Took 0.087s
amarok: BEGIN: void GstEngine::endOfStreamReached()
amarok:   BEGIN: void GstEngine::destroyPipeline()
amarok:     [Gst-Engine] Unreffing pipeline.
amarok:   END__: void GstEngine::destroyPipeline() - Took 0.00075s
amarok: END__: void GstEngine::endOfStreamReached() - Took 0.0013s
amarok: BEGIN: virtual bool CurrentTrackJob::doJob()
amarok:   [CollectionDB] sqlite3_step: BUSY counter: 1
amarok:   BEGIN: virtual void GstEngine::stop()
amarok:     BEGIN: void EngineSubject::stateChangedNotify(Engine::State)
amarok:       BEGIN: virtual void ContextBrowser::engineStateChanged(Engine::State, Engine::State)
amarok:         BEGIN: void ContextBrowser::showHome()
amarok:           [CollectionDB] sqlite3_step: BUSY counter: 1
amarok:         END__: virtual bool CurrentTrackJob::doJob() - Took 0.73s
amarok:       END__: void ContextBrowser::showHome() - Took 0.44s
amarok:     END__: virtual void ContextBrowser::engineStateChanged(Engine::State, Engine::State) - Took 0.44s
amarok:   END__: void EngineSubject::stateChangedNotify(Engine::State) - Took 0.44s
amarok: END__: virtual void GstEngine::stop() - Took 0.44s
amarok: [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: CurrentTrackJob. Jobs pending: 0
amarok: [ThreadWeaver] Threads in pool: 1

Of course I could just drop the whole idea and forget about gStreamer at all since xine is working really well. However, I don't like things not working the way I want them to (or not working at all ), so I'm somehow determined to get it to work

Any suggestions?

arooaroo · 2005-10-12 13:52:03

As I understand, the gStreamer-plugins package simply installs a plugin framework, not any actual functional plugins. There are many formats supported by gstreamer therefore you need to install a specific mp3 plugin.

If you pacman -Ss gstreamer-plugin you'll see all the plugins. Mp3s need gstreamer-plugin-mad. Install via pacman and you'll be off! Install any others you may require whilst you're at it.

Arch Linux

#1 2005-10-12 13:12:24

Amarok 1.3.3 + gStraemer not playing

#2 2005-10-12 13:52:03

Re: Amarok 1.3.3 + gStraemer not playing

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