amarok 1.2.3 (KDE 3.4.1) Blank Analyzer

Temujin_12 · n00b Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 23

I just emerged amaroK 1.2.3. THe sound works great and I am able to listen to files from my mp3 server shares. However, the analyzer is always blank except when no song is playing and it goes through the idle cycle. I ran 'alsamixer' and turned all of my levels up but nothing changed.

Has anyone ran into this before?

SysOP XXL

Benson · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:16 am Post subject:

Which output plugin are you using? If you use gstreamer or the xine-engine, the vizualisation should work. With akode, you won't get any visualization!

rgds,
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Temujin_12 · n00b Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 23

I recompiled with the "visualizations" flag and now I have a list of visualizaions to choose from. But all of them (including the analyzer that runs in the main window) would just display flat lines. I switched the engine from "aKode" to "aRts" and now it works. However, the "aRts" engine does not seem to be as stable as the "aKode" engine.

Are there other engines out there that I can run?

Bonkie · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:22 am Post subject:

xine ? gstreamer ?

I prefer the xine engine but thats just taste, no real reason
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Temujin_12 · n00b Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 23

Bonkie · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:13 pm Post subject:

Yes, amarok has useflags for xine & gstreamer (they use those names). So enable one or more of those :wink:

I usually enable them both ...
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SysOP XXL · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

I enabled them all too. I had bad experiences with gstreamer, it started every song with a 1-2 seconds long pause, which kind of irritated me, especially with live albums

Xine on the other hand works stable and fast here.
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Temujin_12 · n00b Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 23

I emerged amarok w/o any use flags and it only emerged 1 program (amaroK). Then I unmerged amaroK and remerged it with the visualization use flag. That emerged 3 instead of 1 and the analyzer now works. Now I unmerge again, add xine and gstreamer, and now it emerges 12 instead of 3.

I am wondering how many of the programs I have emerged are missing functionality simply because I haven't added certain use flags. Where do you go to find out all the different use flags that can be used for different programs and what they do?

Bonkie · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:55 am Post subject:

Their descriptions are in these files