No mp3 sound in amarok2, but works in amarok1

[Neal Becker]

Lydia Pintscher wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 18:51, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is on Fedora F9.
>>
>> amarok-1.4.9 plays mp3 fine.
>>
>> But amarok-1.90 (from kde-redhat unstable) does not play mp3.
>>
>> Backend is xine.
>>
>> I have the following xine-related stuff:
>> rpm -qa '*xine*'
>> xine-lib-devel-1.1.12-2.fc9.x86_64
>> xine-lib-extras-nonfree-1.1.12-1.lvn9.x86_64
>> xine-0.99.5-1.lvn8.x86_64
>> xine-lib-pulseaudio-1.1.12-2.fc9.x86_64
>> xine-lib-arts-1.1.12-2.fc9.x86_64
>> phonon-backend-xine-4.1.0-1.fc9.x86_64
>> xine-lib-extras-1.1.12-2.fc9.x86_64
>> xine-lib-1.1.12-2.fc9.i386
>> xine-lib-1.1.12-2.fc9.x86_64
> 
> Amarok 2 uses Phonon as the only backend.
> Please check in systemsettings -> sound if Phonon is really using xine
> as a backend. If not you need to install mp3-support for that other
> Phonon-backend.
> 
Yes, systemsettings->sound is set to use xine as backend.  And mp3's play on amarok-1.4.9 (and other players), but not amarok-1.90.