Amarok and Xine can't play MP3, but VLC and MPlayer can

[Donn Washburn]

Don't blame Amarok - Blame your installed OS for limiting the use of 
mp3s for legal reasons (I do understand why they did it).  This system 
is a SuSE 10.3 GM system which didn't play mp3 either.  But downloading 
and installing a bunch of new audio libs/apps fixed the problem.  This 
system now plays and stores (streamripper) to disk mp3 files.  VLC and 
Mplayer will not necessarily solve your problem unless you grab all of 
the dependencies that they require.  Beside don't alway trust that every 
RPM built for you system has all of the switches set for the depends you 
want.  Good example is SuSE xine-lib, xine-ui, K3B and more RPMs.

Adam Porter wrote:
> I have several MP3 files that are slightly corrupted, and Xine simply
> pops and squeaks when it tries to play them, but VLC and MPlayer can
> play them perfectly.  Since Amarok uses Xine, this means that Amarok
> also suffers in this way.  I have also tried Amarok2 with the Phonon
> engine from the Kubuntu team's PPA repository, and it seems to use
> Xine as well.
> 
> This is a shame.  Amarok should be the best, and it should be able to
> play them just as well as VLC and MPlayer can.
> 
> What is the prognosis for this?  Forgive me if I'm simply ignorant of
> Phonon's and Amarok's futures, but will Amarok and/or Phonon ever be
> free of Xine's problems?  I can look at MPlayer's debug output and see
> the libraries it successfully plays these files with; why can't Amarok
> use the same libs?
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