Amarok won't play Wiows Media8files

Rodrigo Severo rodrigo at fabricadeideias.com
Sat Oct 15 18:07:04 UTC 2016


Hi,


I have Amarok Version 2.8.0 Using KDE 4.14.16 on Xubuntu 16.04.

It can't play Windows Media8 files. It gives a "Windows Media 8 files
not supported" message.

It's usin gstream 1.0 backend.

Here is output when I play hen with mplayer:

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$ mplayer 02\ Faixa\ 2.wma
MPlayer 1.2.1 (Debian), built with gcc-5.3.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing 02 Faixa 2.wma.
libavformat version 56.40.101 (external)
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
Load subtitles in ./
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
libavcodec version 56.60.100 (external)
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 128.0 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 16002->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A:   4.3 (04.3) of 236.8 (03:56.7)  0.4%

Exiting... (Quit)
rodrigo at preto:/multimidia/musicas/Fagner/Fortaleza [2007]$ mplayer 01\
Faixa\ 1.wma
MPlayer 1.2.1 (Debian), built with gcc-5.3.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing 01 Faixa 1.wma.
libavformat version 56.40.101 (external)
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
Clip info:
 title: Rancho das Flores
 author: Fagner
 copyright:
 comments:
Load subtitles in ./
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
libavcodec version 56.60.100 (external)
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 128.0 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 16002->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A:   2.8 (02.8) of 247.6 (04:07.5)  0.3%


MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: play_audio
A:   2.9 (02.9) of 247.6 (04:07.5)  0.3%

Exiting... (Quit)
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How can I make Amarok play thee Windows Media 8 files?


Regards,

Rodrigo Severo


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