amarok 1.4 No Mp3 Playback [Solved]

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KWhat · Post by **KWhat** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:34 am

I cant seem to get amarok 1.4 to work correctly... had some issues starting so i cleared the old confs which worked fine... but now when i goto play an mp3 it goes like its going to start to play it and then just skips over all of them like they are 1 second each. I dont understand. Anyone have any ideas ?

Headrush · Post by **Headrush** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:56 am

What sound engine are you using and what USE flags was it compiled with?
(For example, if using xine engine, was mad USE flag enabled?)

mark_alec · Post by **mark_alec** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:57 am

Please post the output of 'equery uses xine-lib'. It is quite possible that you haven't built xine (the media backend that Amarok 1.4 uses) with mp3/mad support.

KWhat · Post by **KWhat** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:17 am

Using xine engine as its the only choice... I almost sure its a decoding issue as the files dont play at the speed they should. ie a 30 min file plays in about 3 seconds of no sound.

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plutonium244 kwhat # equery uses xine-lib
[ Searching for packages matching xine-lib... ]
[ Colour Code : set unset ]
[ Legend        : Left column  (U) - USE flags from make.conf                     ]
[                  : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ]
[ Found these USE variables for media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2 ]
 U I
 + + X                  : Adds support for X11
 - - a52                : Enables support for decoding ATSC A/52 streams used in DVD
 - - aac                : Enables support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio
 - - aalib              : Adds support for media-libs/aalib (ASCII-Graphics Library)
 + + alsa               : Adds support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
 - - altivec            : Adds support for optimizations for G4 and G5/ppc970 processors
 - - arts               : Adds support for aRts: the KDE sound daemon
 - - asf                : Support for ASF demuxer (required for win32codecs)
 - - debug              : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too
 - - directfb           : Adds support for DirectFB layer (library for FB devices)
 - - dts                : Enables libdts (DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder) support
 + + dvd                : Adds support for DVDs
 - - dxr3               : Support for DXR3 mpeg accelleration cards
 + + esd                : Adds support for media-sound/esound (Enlightened Sound Daemon)
 - - fbcon              : Adds framebuffer support for the console, via the kernel
 + + flac               : Adds support for the flac audio codec
 + + gnome              : Adds GNOME support
 - - imagemagick        : Enables support for Imagemagick (image converter)
 + + ipv6               : Adds support for IP version 6
 - - libcaca            : Add support for colored ASCII-art graphics
 - - mad                : Adds support for mad (high-quality mp3 decoder library and cli frontend)
 - - mng                : Adds support for libmng (MNG images)
 - - modplug            : Build with modplug support
 + + nls                : Adds Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
 + + opengl             : Adds support for OpenGL (3D graphics)
 + + oss                : Adds support for OSS (Open Sound System)
 + + samba              : Adds support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing)
 + + sdl                : Adds support for Simple Direct Layer (media library)
 - - speex              : Adds support for the speex audio codec
 - - theora             : Adds support for the Theora Video Compression Codec
 - - v4l                : Enables video4linux support
 - - vcd                : Video CD support
 - - video_cards_i810   : <unknown>
 + + video_cards_nvidia : <unknown>
 - - video_cards_via    : <unknown>
 - - vidix              : Support for vidix video output
 - - vorbis             : Adds support for the OggVorbis audio codec
 - - win32codecs        : use win32codecs package for dll avi decoding support (wmv and what not)
 - - xinerama           : Add support for the xinerama X11 extension, which allows you to stretch your display across multiple monitors
 + + xv                 : Adds in optional support for the Xvideo extension (an X API for video playback)
 - - xvmc               : Support for XVideo Motion Compensation (accelerated mpeg playback)
plutonium244 kwhat # equery uses amarok
[ Searching for packages matching amarok... ]
[ Colour Code : set unset ]
[ Legend        : Left column  (U) - USE flags from make.conf                     ]
[                  : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ]
[ Found these USE variables for media-sound/amarok-1.4.0a-r1 ]
 U I
 - - aac             : Enables support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio
 - - arts            : Adds support for aRts: the KDE sound daemon
 - - debug           : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too
 - - exscalibar      : Enable moodbar/exscalibar support
 + + flac            : Adds support for the flac audio codec
 - - ifp             : Enable support for iRiver devices access through libifp
 - - ipod            : Enable support for iPod devices access through libgpod
 + + kde             : Adds support for kde-base/kde (K Desktop Enviroment)
 - - linguas_az      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_bg      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_br      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_ca      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_cs      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_cy      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_da      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_de      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_el      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_en_GB   : <unknown>
 - - linguas_es      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_et      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_fi      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_fr      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_ga      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_gl      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_he      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_hi      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_hu      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_is      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_it      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_ja      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_km      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_ko      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_lt      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_nb      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_nl      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_nn      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_pa      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_pl      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_pt      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_pt_BR   : <unknown>
 - - linguas_ro      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_ru      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_rw      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_sl      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_sr      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_sr@Latn : <unknown>
 - - linguas_sv      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_ta      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_tg      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_th      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_tr      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_uk      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_uz      : <unknown>
 - - linguas_zh_CN   : <unknown>
 - - linguas_zh_TW   : <unknown>
 - - mysql           : Adds mySQL Database support
 - - noamazon        : Disable support for downloading covers from amazon.com
 + + opengl          : Adds support for OpenGL (3D graphics)
 - - postgres        : Adds support for the postgresql database
 - - real            : Build with real/helix player support
 - - visualization   : Support visualization plugins through media-libs/libvisual
 - - xinerama        : Add support for the xinerama X11 extension, which allows you to stretch your display across multiple monitors
 - - xmms            : Check/Support for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) player

KWhat · Post by **KWhat** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:24 am

LOL i just realized that it will play ogg and not mp3.... Still dont know why. Im going a little nutz

mark_alec · Post by **mark_alec** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:33 am

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# echo "media-libs/xine-lib mad" >> /etc/portage/package.use
# emerge --oneshot xine-lib

VsMaX · Post by **VsMaX** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:15 pm

HEy i have one question - why

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emerge [b]--oneshot[/b] xine-lib

shouldn't i update xine libraries?

And i had same problem like bro above so i preffer to stick that topic ^^

mark_alec · Post by **mark_alec** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:44 am

VsMaX wrote:HEy i have one question - why
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emerge --oneshot xine-lib
shouldn't i update xine libraries?

--oneshot will reinstall the library, in this case with the changed USE flag. The reason for using --oneshot is that it stops the package from being added into your 'world' file, so it will not be picked up by 'emerge -u world' unless a package in your world requires a newer version of it.

XenoTerraCide · Post by **XenoTerraCide** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:58 pm

same issue... fixing did this flag used to be enabled by default in the profile? why wouldn't you want it to get updated unless another packaged needs it updated?