Re: Amarok MP3 Support? [SOLVED!]



Hey all,

by following the advice at the very last post here:

http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,15438.0.html

I was able to fix the problem!

As always, it's a simple stupid little thing...

Thanks to all that helped!

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Amichai Rotman

UIN#: 6401746
Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/]
Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net]

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 13:48, Amichai Rotman <amichai@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I found out another interesting thing:

If I open the Run Command window and enter: 'kdesudo amarok' and enter the
password, Amarok opens as root (different colors and all) and the MP3 files
are playable...

it seems to be a permissions issue - so how do I fix this?

I guess chmoding the /usr/bin/amarokapp to my user, isn't such a good
idea...

Help!

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Amichai Rotman

UIN#: 6401746
Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/]
Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net]


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On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 09:38, Amichai Rotman <amichai@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Following your instruction, I entered 'xine' to the find box and this is
what it found, regarding February:

Commit Log for Fri Feb 27 10:48:41 2009


Installed the following packages:
libxine1-all-plugins (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)
libxine1-gnome (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)
libxine1-plugins (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)
xine-ui (0.99.5+cvs20070914-2)

I have re-installed these packages after purging them as part of the
debugging process. My last major upgrade happened on Thu Jul 17 22:42:56
2008, and was able to play MP3 files since then...

In between I have installed the Fluendo Streaming Server package. I think
that's what messed things up for me...

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

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Amichai Rotman

UIN#: 6401746
Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/]
Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net]


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On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 20:20, NoOp <glgxg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 02/27/2009 01:18 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
Hello,

I used to be able to play MP3 files with Amarok, but after a recent
update
it stopped working!

I am running Amarok 1.4.9.1on KDE 3.5.10.

When I try to add an MP3 song to the playlist the first time after
opening
Amarok, it asks me if I want to install MP3 support for Amarok. I click
on
the 'install MP3 support' button, but nothing happens. When I re-try to
add
the file, it pops up a message saying the file was not added because
the
media is not playable....

Please help!

No idea why yours might not be working, but I am playing an mp3 right
now on Amarok on my Gnome (Hardy) desktop. From Help|About Amarok:
'Amarok 1.4.9.1 (Using KDE 3.5.10)'. And this is following the slew of
kde security updates that were installed recently:

Commit Log for Fri Feb 27 08:30:40 2009

Upgraded the following packages:
kaddressbook (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
kdelibs-data (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.1
kdelibs4c2a (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.1
knode (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
libkcal2b (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
libkdepim1a (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
libkleopatra1 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
libkmime2 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
libktnef1 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1

What have you updated recently? You can check via Synaptic|File|History.



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