FLAC files on Amarok (Georgi Kourtev)

[Myriam Schweingruber]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 09:56, Georgi Kourtev <gkourtev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> No, that is highly unlikely, since Amarok doesn't handle sound
>> directly, it lets Phonon do that. I have not seen such a behavior
>> before anywhere, yours is truly unique.
>>
>> Please try if you can play any of those files with Dragonplayer, it
>> uses Phonon exactly as Amarok does. This could help excluding a phonon
>> problem. But still, I haven't seen that in any of the bug reports
>> against Phonon neither.
>>
>> If it doesn't play with Dragonplayer, then maybe there is a problem with
>>  xine.
> Dragon player does the job fine.

Good, so it is not a Phonon problem.
>>
>> I presume you have a normal Kubuntu installation (no pulseaudio, of
>> course) and that you didn't change any of the default settings. Since
>> FLAC support is installed by default in Kubuntu, there is really no
>> reason why you wouldn't be able to play those.
> Standard indeed, no changes in the defaults.
>
> Today I had the idea to open a flac file from Amarok-->Play media. To my
> surprise, it worked!!!  So the real issue was, and still is, that in the
> playlists Amarok does not see the flacs (it says: AutorName, O tracks). This
> does not change even after reloading the list.  But I assume this is a
> different issue.... Any help on that?

Make sure you have no playlist filtering active and use the default
basic playlist layout. Also disable any repeat, random or favors in
the track progression (Tools menu) Does this change anything?


Regards, Myriam
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