Kaffeine 3 won't play mp3 or m4a after upgrade from 13.2 to 42.1

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#1

I upgraded OpenSuSE from 13.2 to 42.1 on my ASUS G73Jh** x86_64 i7** laptop, then followed the instructions in http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php, but when I try to play mp3 files, I get this message from Kaffeine 3:

A ID3 tag demuxer plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.

Details:
gstdecodebin.c(1003): close_pad_link (): /GstPlayBin:play/GstDecodeBin:decodebin2:
No decoder to handle media type 'application/x-id3'

When I try to play m4a files, I see

A Quicktime demuxer plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.

Details:
gstdecodebin.c(1003): close_pad_link (): /GstPlayBin:play/GstDecodeBin:decodebin3:
No decoder to handle media type 'video/quicktime'

My repositories are:

zypper lr
#  | Alias                           | Name                                | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh
---+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+--------
 1 | KDE3                            | KDE3                                | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 2 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss   | Main Repository (NON-OSS)           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 3 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss_1 | Update Repository (Non-Oss)         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 4 | download.opensuse.org-oss       | Main Repository (OSS)               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 5 | download.opensuse.org-oss_1     | Main Update Repository              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 6 | ftp.gwdg.de-suse                | Packman Repository                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 7 | games                           | openSUSE Games (openSUSE_Leap_42.1) | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | No
 8 | geeko.ioda.net-amd-fglrx        | AMD/ATI Graphics Drivers            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
 9 | openSUSE-42.1-0                 | openSUSE-42.1-0                     | No      | ----      | No
10 | opensuse-guide.org-repo         | Libdvdcss Repository                | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
11 | repo-debug                      | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Debug            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
12 | repo-debug-update               | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Debug     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
13 | repo-source                     | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Source           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes
14 | repo-update                     | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes

What have I missed?

#2

Did you change vendor to packman to pick up the proprietary codecs??

with your repos it would be as root

zypper dup --from 6

#3

Apparently you are using the gstreamer backend, so you likely miss some gstreamer (0_10) plugins.
Make sure you have those packages installed and you should be able to playback virtually everything:
gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-orig-addon
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-lang
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ffmpeg
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-orig-addon

But then, Kaffeine 3 is very old and unmaintained since years, and especially the gstreamer backend always was experimental only.
So I cannot guarantee you that it would actually still work on Leap.

If you can’t get the gstreamer backend to work, you might have better luck with the default xine one…

#4

Well, I probably didn’t. If I do this, it will affect a lot of other things that are installed, will it not?

#5

I’ll try these, first; but I have no problem switching to xine in principle. AFAIK, gstream was what I’ve always used. (I find sound to be the most confusing aspect of Linux. :slight_smile: .)

#6

Aaaand…installing these other gstreamer bits fixed the problem. Thanks!

#7

All multi media need to come from packman to play any proprietary codecs. That is what duping from packman will do the codecs will come from packman