Hi,
I use Amarok for playing music. The problem I have is that I cannot use the Xine engine. I have it installed, but whenever I select it as the engine, it gives me this notification when I want to play an mp3 file:
“Amarok currently cannot play MP3 files.”
“Install MP3 Support”—“Continue”.
Following the link to Install support doesn’t help either.
So, how can I fix it?
Thank you
openSUSE version? Amarok version? …
opensuse 11.1
amarok 1.4.10(using KDE 3.5.10 “release 21.11” opensuse"
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 18:56 +0000, ipoloton wrote:
> opensuse 11.1
> amarok 1.4.10(using KDE 3.5.10 “release 21.11” opensuse"
>
>
For xine to play mp3 (not gstreamer), I think you pretty much have to
use the Packman version. That’s what I do. Not sure if I ever tested
this on 11.1 or not… but pretty sure that’s what is required.
It may also require something else for mp3 in addition to that, but the
xine that comes with oS (I seem to remember) is permanently hampered
from playing formats where there may be a legal issue.
cjcox wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 18:56 +0000, ipoloton wrote:
>> opensuse 11.1
>> amarok 1.4.10(using KDE 3.5.10 “release 21.11” opensuse"
>>
>>
>
> For xine to play mp3 (not gstreamer), I think you pretty much have to
> use the Packman version. That’s what I do. Not sure if I ever tested
> this on 11.1 or not… but pretty sure that’s what is required.
>
> It may also require something else for mp3 in addition to that, but the
> xine that comes with oS (I seem to remember) is permanently hampered
> from playing formats where there may be a legal issue.
This is my understanding too. You can get it going by doing the following:
Adding the Packman Repo
(Yast–>Software–>Software Repositories–>Community Repositories–>Packman)
or if it doesn’t appear in the list add an http repository with the
Servername of ftp.skynet.be and the directory on the server
of /pub/packman/suse/11.1/ for OpenSuse 11.1…
Installing Xine and Amarok from the Packman Repo
Yast–>Software–>Software Management. Search for amarok. Click on it to
select it then on the tab marked ‘Versions’. Pick the radio button to
select the most recent version with ‘pm’ in it (if there’s an i586 and an
x86_64 version select the one that’s appropriate for your architecture).
When you click accept it will throw up messages about dependencies. Choose
to continue (with vendor change) for them.
Let the install run and try it out.
If it’s still not working you may need the w32codecs package again from the
packman repo.
Incidentally, you may want to run an online update and select to upgrade all
packages after adding the repo.
–
kev.