Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (237 mails)

[Martin Schlander <martin.schlander@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fredag 06 februar 2009 00:17:13 skrev Richard Bos:
> Hi Martin,
>
> Op donderdag 05 februari 2009 23:50:10 schreef Martin Schlander:
> > > I installed amarok with 'zypper install kde4-amarok' using the
> > > repositories above.  The rest is kde4 is working fine.
> >
> > Weird problem. Do you have phonon-backend-xine installed?
> >
> > Using Gstreamer would be my first suspect for amarok2 playback problems.
>
> thanks for you reply!  I was about to reply on my own email, with the
> information that xine was indeed configured as backend.  I later on came up
> with the idea that gstreamer might be an alternative..., you were quicker
> :)
>
> Hmm, just checked; gstreamer seems to be installed:
> # rpm -ql gstreamer-0_10
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10
>
> But is is not offered in kde's multimedia  backend configuration tab.  The
> only backed offered there is xine.  How can I add gstreamer (e.g.) to the
> list of backends?  Why is gstreamer not offered?  Can I test gstreamer on
> the command line?

I meant it the other way around - that gstreamer was likely the problem and 
xine might be the solution.

You need phonon-backend-gstreamer to use gstreamer with phonon (systemsettings 
-> multimedia)

> Amarok-1.4 works fine in the same (kde4) desktop.
>
> Any ideas, tips?

Which engine do you use in 1.4? (xine or yauap/gstreamer?)
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