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Donn Washburn

16 Feb 2010 16 Feb '10

16:19

In past versions of openSuSE 11.# I was always able to beat the restricted mp3 problem. As a end user that seems normal. I have always gotten Amarok to work correctly and use it all the time. It would just work after loading building xine-lib/ui. Since Milestone 2 has come out that fails to fix the problem and causes Amarok to just rapid advance through the playlist. It seems as of Milestone 2 openSuSE has made even phonon or gstreamer void of playing mp3s. I built a version 2.2.2 of Amarok and it reports the reason it will not work is due to "phonon was built without MP3 support". If Amarok is not going to work correctly why is in available? Save the space on the DVD/CD. My suggestion is to offer DVD/CD that is for an end user that has end users applications that work. I have been using SuSE/openSuSE for over 10 years and it is becoming obvious why other distros are finding favor. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb@comcast.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb@arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org

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Al Bogner

16 Feb 16 Feb

16:44

Am Dienstag, 16. Februar 2010 17:19:25 schrieb Donn Washburn:

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I built a version 2.2.2 of Amarok and it reports the reason it will not work

I stopped using Amarok as main mp3-player and use now mpd / gmpc as my main mp3-player. It is worth to have a look at it. There are minor issues with gmpc too but all in all it fits better my needs. For editing albums I still use Amarok 1. AFAIR there is a backport for 11.2 Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org

Bob Williams

18 Feb 18 Feb

15:39

On Tuesday 16 Feb 2010 16:44:08 Al Bogner wrote:

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Am Dienstag, 16. Februar 2010 17:19:25 schrieb Donn Washburn:

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I built a version 2.2.2 of Amarok and it reports the reason it will not work

I stopped using Amarok as main mp3-player and use now mpd / gmpc as my main mp3-player. It is worth to have a look at it. There are minor issues with gmpc too but all in all it fits better my needs. For editing albums I still use Amarok 1. AFAIR there is a backport for 11.2

Al

Your posting interested me, so I installed mpd and gmpc, and I've edited the mpd.conf file to suit my setup, but it fails to build the database with the error sudo mpd --create-db listen: Failed to listen on *:6600: Address already in use Aborted I've checked in /etc/services and port 6600 is unassigned. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop, KDE 4.3.5 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org

Al Bogner

18:07

Am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2010 16:39:58 schrieb Bob Williams:

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On Tuesday 16 Feb 2010 16:44:08 Al Bogner wrote:

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Am Dienstag, 16. Februar 2010 17:19:25 schrieb Donn Washburn:

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I built a version 2.2.2 of Amarok and it reports the reason it will not work

I stopped using Amarok as main mp3-player and use now mpd / gmpc as my main mp3-player. It is worth to have a look at it. There are minor issues with gmpc too but all in all it fits better my needs. For editing albums I still use Amarok 1. AFAIR there is a backport for 11.2

Al

Your posting interested me, so I installed mpd and gmpc, and I've edited the mpd.conf file to suit my setup, but it fails to build the database with the error

sudo mpd --create-db listen: Failed to listen on *:6600: Address already in use Aborted

I've checked in /etc/services and port 6600 is unassigned. Any suggestions?

Sorry not, but I noticed, that one have to be patient until the database is built. See man mpd and try /etc/init.d/mpd stop mpd --create-db It can take hours until the db is built. An update of the db in the background should be done in a few seconds / minutes depending on the files check with top. If mpd is running, the building of the db is still in progress. I don't remember the error I got, when I was impatient. If a find is running or other things with heavy disk load it can take a very very long time and it seems the updating to a new mpd / gmpc while the db is built was also a problem here. I don't know if I was not patient enough or if there is a bug. After a few hours I stopped it. So I recommend do 1 step after another. What I didn't find out till now, is, if the the db is updated after a new start of the system. If I have changes I update the db manually with gmpc. If you have questions you can ask at http://www.musicpd.org/forum Don't forget to be up-to-date with your covers the 1st time! Otherwise you have to reload all manually. I already said to the maintainer, that this is annoying. You also need to define the path in gmpc where the covers are from the beginning, otherwise they would be downloaded from the net if available. A workaround is gmpc --clean-cover-db but this reloads some existing (?) lyrics too and searches for unfound lyrics again. I would also like to mention, that my stereo is connected to the server a few rooms away and 2x2 loudspeakers are connected to different rooms. With gmpc I can control this with any client. To do this with amarok, I needed: ssh -X user@sv dbus-launch /usr/bin/amarok & Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org

Bob Williams

19:12

On Thursday 18 Feb 2010 18:07:37 Al Bogner wrote:

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Am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2010 16:39:58 schrieb Bob Williams:

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On Tuesday 16 Feb 2010 16:44:08 Al Bogner wrote:

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Am Dienstag, 16. Februar 2010 17:19:25 schrieb Donn Washburn:

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I built a version 2.2.2 of Amarok and it reports the reason it will not work

I stopped using Amarok as main mp3-player and use now mpd / gmpc as my main mp3-player. It is worth to have a look at it. There are minor issues with gmpc too but all in all it fits better my needs. For editing albums I still use Amarok 1. AFAIR there is a backport for 11.2

Al

Your posting interested me, so I installed mpd and gmpc, and I've edited the mpd.conf file to suit my setup, but it fails to build the database with the error

sudo mpd --create-db listen: Failed to listen on *:6600: Address already in use Aborted

I've checked in /etc/services and port 6600 is unassigned. Any suggestions?

Sorry not, but I noticed, that one have to be patient until the database is built.

See man mpd and try

/etc/init.d/mpd stop

mpd --create-db

It can take hours until the db is built. An update of the db in the background should be done in a few seconds / minutes depending on the files

check with top. If mpd is running, the building of the db is still in progress. I don't remember the error I got, when I was impatient.

If a find is running or other things with heavy disk load it can take a very very long time and it seems the updating to a new mpd / gmpc while the db is built was also a problem here. I don't know if I was not patient enough or if there is a bug. After a few hours I stopped it. So I recommend do 1 step after another.

What I didn't find out till now, is, if the the db is updated after a new start of the system. If I have changes I update the db manually with gmpc.

If you have questions you can ask at

http://www.musicpd.org/forum

Don't forget to be up-to-date with your covers the 1st time! Otherwise you have to reload all manually. I already said to the maintainer, that this is annoying. You also need to define the path in gmpc where the covers are from the beginning, otherwise they would be downloaded from the net if available.

A workaround is

gmpc --clean-cover-db

but this reloads some existing (?) lyrics too and searches for unfound lyrics again.

I would also like to mention, that my stereo is connected to the server a few rooms away and 2x2 loudspeakers are connected to different rooms. With gmpc I can control this with any client. To do this with amarok, I needed:

ssh -X user@sv dbus-launch /usr/bin/amarok &

Al

Many thanks, Al. I'll try some these suggestions. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop, KDE 4.3.5 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org

Donn Washburn

19:47

On 02/18/2010 12:07 PM, Al Bogner wrote:

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Am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2010 16:39:58 schrieb Bob Williams:

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On Tuesday 16 Feb 2010 16:44:08 Al Bogner wrote:

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Am Dienstag, 16. Februar 2010 17:19:25 schrieb Donn Washburn:

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I built a version 2.2.2 of Amarok and it reports the reason it will not work

I stopped using Amarok as main mp3-player and use now mpd / gmpc as my main mp3-player. It is worth to have a look at it. There are minor issues with gmpc too but all in all it fits better my needs. For editing albums I still use Amarok 1. AFAIR there is a backport for 11.2

Al

Your posting interested me, so I installed mpd and gmpc, and I've edited the mpd.conf file to suit my setup, but it fails to build the database with the error

sudo mpd --create-db listen: Failed to listen on *:6600: Address already in use Aborted

I've checked in /etc/services and port 6600 is unassigned. Any suggestions?

Sorry not, but I noticed, that one have to be patient until the database is built.

See man mpd and try

/etc/init.d/mpd stop

mpd --create-db

It can take hours until the db is built. An update of the db in the background should be done in a few seconds / minutes depending on the files

check with top. If mpd is running, the building of the db is still in progress. I don't remember the error I got, when I was impatient.

If a find is running or other things with heavy disk load it can take a very very long time and it seems the updating to a new mpd / gmpc while the db is built was also a problem here. I don't know if I was not patient enough or if there is a bug. After a few hours I stopped it. So I recommend do 1 step after another.

What I didn't find out till now, is, if the the db is updated after a new start of the system. If I have changes I update the db manually with gmpc.

If you have questions you can ask at

http://www.musicpd.org/forum

Don't forget to be up-to-date with your covers the 1st time! Otherwise you have to reload all manually. I already said to the maintainer, that this is annoying. You also need to define the path in gmpc where the covers are from the beginning, otherwise they would be downloaded from the net if available.

A workaround is

gmpc --clean-cover-db

but this reloads some existing (?) lyrics too and searches for unfound lyrics again.

I would also like to mention, that my stereo is connected to the server a few rooms away and 2x2 loudspeakers are connected to different rooms. With gmpc I can control this with any client. To do this with amarok, I needed:

ssh -X user@sv dbus-launch /usr/bin/amarok&

Al

I just checked this last night reinstalled openSuSE 11.3 M2 and there is not a /etc/init.d/mpd script found. What/where does mpd found? By the way I lived about 3 miles from the crash site in Austin for about 6 years. For those interested the building it was near 183 and Mopac to 360 on the S side of 183. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb@comcast.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb@arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org

Patrick Shanahan

19:58

* Donn Washburn [02-18-10 14:48]:

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I just checked this last night reinstalled openSuSE 11.3 M2 and there is not a /etc/init.d/mpd script found. What/where does mpd found?

Yes, you *have* installed "mpd"? rpm -ql mpd |grep init /etc/init.d/mpd -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-multimedia+help@opensuse.org

Donn Washburn

19 Feb 19 Feb