ipod and kubuntu

[Richard S. Crawford]

jack wallen wrote:
>> At this point, are you sure that this is a problem with Kubuntu and your
>> iPod, and not with Amarok?  Can you play MP3's from your computer's hard
>> drive?  That issue sounds suspiciously like what I was experiencing
>> before
>> I figured out how to get MP3's to play in Amarok.
>>
>
> actually i believe you are correct - it's more than likely amarok. i can
> not play mp3s from the hard drive with it. i think it's the engine. i
> have the xine and the arts engine. the xine engine plays back all songs
> very quickly (so nothing is heard) and the arts engine seems to do
> nothing but crash amarok. is there another engine to use?

I think we covered this earlier today, in a thread entitled [dapper]
mp3's.  I found this link in the Kubuntu forums and found it very useful:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats

Good luck.

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