<div dir="ltr">I have fixed it by deleting the ~/.xine directory, following the advice on one of the posts in the Amarok forums.<br><br>Seems to have happened after a recent upgrade to Kubuntu Hardy.<br><br>FYI!<br><br>.:====================================================:.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 16:27, Orville Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:illogical1@gmail.com">illogical1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style=""><br><div><div class="Ih2E3d"><div>On Mar 1, 2009, at 3:17 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I was poking around and found out something interesting: I am able to play MP3 files in K3B (by adding an MP3 file to an Audio CD project and hitting play from within the list)...<br>
</div></blockquote></div>Can you play those same mp3s in some xinr frontend like xine-ui or gxine (or totem)?</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div dir="ltr"><br>I checked the Plugins section of the K3B settings and it says it is using the FFMpeg decoding plugin version 0.91...<br>
<br>In Amarok - Xine Engine is the *only* engine available...<br><br>Strange!<br clear="all"><br>.:====================================================:.<br><br>Amichai Rotman<br><br>UIN#: 6401746<br>Registered Linux User#: 201192 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org/</a>]<br>
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<br>.:====================================================:.<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 09:57, Mark Kretschmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kretschmann@kde.org" target="_blank">kretschmann@kde.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div>On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Amichai Rotman <<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il" target="_blank">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>> wrote:<br>
> Sorry, I did forgot to mention that ;-)<br> ><br> > I am using Kubuntu Hardy (8.04.2).<br> ><br> > These are the Xine and Amarok components installed:<br> ><br> > ii libxine1<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br>
> ii libxine1-all-plugins<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br> > ii libxine1-bin<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br> > ii libxine1-console<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br> > ii libxine1-ffmpeg<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br>
> ii libxine1-gnome<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br> > ii libxine1-misc-plugins<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br> > ii libxine1-plugins<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br> > ii libxine1-x<br> > 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2<br>
> ii libxinerama-dev<br> > 2:1.0.2-1build1<br> > ii libxinerama1<br> > 2:1.0.2-1build1<br> > ii amarok<br> > 2:1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3.1+medibuntu1<br> > ii amarok-engines<br> > 2:1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3.1+medibuntu1<br>
> ii amarok-xine<br> > 2:1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3.1+medibuntu1<br> <br> </div></div>Make sure that you are actually _using_ the xine-engine, and not<br> something else. You can check this in Amarok's configuration dialog -><br>
Engine.<br> <br> Other than that, with libxine1-ffmpeg installed, Amarok should play<br> MP3 (with the xine-engine) just fine. Except if your MP3 have some<br> weird DRM scheme in them or something.<br> <font color="#888888"><br>
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