Amarok can't play MP3

LinuxIsInnovation · #1 (**permalink**) 01-Jul-2008, 11:10

Whenever I play an mp3 audio track in Amarok, it asks me to install MPEG-3 support. I did these:

1. Installed the community maintained restricted extras (all installed except for Java due to unavailability of 64-bit dependencies, or due to my lack of knowledge) -- doing this enabled Kaffeine to play all my videos

2. Downloaded the Fluendo mpeg3 codec, and copied the codec's .so files to the ~/.gstreamer-0.10 folder.

I rebooted twice but Amarok still prompts me that I need to install codecs.

Also, I have tried:
Just Uber » Blog Archive » MP3 on openSUSE - 5 Minute Fix

And I have installed xine-extras
But none seem to work
Any help?

geoffro · #2 (**permalink**) 01-Jul-2008, 11:22

Have a read here, there's a "oneclick" that should get things working for you

/Geoff

LinuxIsInnovation · #3 (**permalink**) 01-Jul-2008, 11:31

Thanks for replying. But as I mentioned in point 1 of my post, I already installed this restricted format package, except that Java plugin didn't install. Installing this had no effect on Amarok.

quickshade · #4 (**permalink**) 01-Jul-2008, 11:34

What engine is amarok using. (settings, configure amarok, engine)

LinuxIsInnovation · #5 (**permalink**) 01-Jul-2008, 11:46

WOOT.. thanks a lot!!
I changed the engine from Gstreamer yauap to Xine, and it started working..
Sorry for acting noobish, I was born with Ubuntu+Gnome and this Suse+KDE will take some time to get injected within me.
Thanks again.

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