Amarok is not able to play OGG files

[Aekold Helbrass]

Well I understand that it will play everything that WMP will, but I
installed Amarok because I don't want to deal with WMP at all, I
totally uninstalled it from system. It's just looks like but to add
something to collection but being unable to play it, and VLC engine
looks for me like fastest and simpliest way to deal with it. Maybe I
just missed something or it's not that easy to integrate it?

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Mike Arthur<mike at mikearthur.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 June 2009 09:11:46 Aekold Helbrass wrote:
>> As I can understand currently only DirectSomething sound is supported
>> on KDE4Win. And while Amarok scans music collection and adds all OGG
>> files to collection, they cannot be played. Is it possible to pack VLC
>> engine by default for better files support? As I can understand - VLC
>> engine is available to phonon
>
> Alternatively you could install a OGG Directshow filter. There are various
> codec packs that have these. Basically, whatever you can get playing in
> Windows Media Player should probably work in Amarok.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Mike Arthur
> http://mikearthur.co.uk/
>