Re: Amorak / Kmixer Driving me Crazy

David Wright wrote:

> jonah wrote:
>
>>
>> Have to ask for help I have spent days researching and trying to fix
>> this and I am now hopelessly lost with it.
>>
>> KDE3.5
>> Amorak 1.3.7
>> Creative Audigy ZS2 Soundcard.
>>
>> Ran all updates today Packman and all.
>>
>> I have the problem that after I play a track the next track plays with
>> no sound out, to fix I have to re-config the Soundcard every track.
>
> I had this problem with the version of Amarok that came with the SUSE 10
> DVD, but upgrading to the version from Packman solved the problem for me.
>
> Kaffeine and other applications which used sound were not affected by this
> problem - i.e. they didn't reset the volume when changing tracks.
>
> Under settings, what do you have set for Audio-Ausgabe (Audio playback?),
> I think mine was originally Helix, but I changed it to xine (one of the
> many supplementary updates somehow killed off Helix).
>
>> I (very) eventually discovered via this NG that the Kmixer could cause
>> problems and so I quit the Kmixer as advised and tried again. Amorak
>> now plays fine every track but there is almost no output, heavy duty
>> amplification and still barely audible with the volume setting up
>> full. Obviously Kmixer is the problem but I am totally at a loss on
>> where to go next.
>
> Never had problems with Kmix, it was Amarok and/or Helix that caused my
> problems.
>
>> What happened to the volume and how do I get it back without Kmixer
>> running and buggering up Amorak? Quitting Kmixer lost me the volume
>> control in the tray its a bit catch 22; maybe I misunderstood the
>> original post re fixing kmixer, I can't find it now to re -read, it
>> was quite an old one.
>
> You could try one of the other mixers, I think there are around half a
> dozen in the multimedia menu...
>
> <snip>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Dave

Indeed> same here...
Never take any multimedia-rpms from the SuSE server... Not even for
updates..
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