Amarok MP3 Support?

[Amichai Rotman]

I found out another interesting thing:

If I open the Run Command window and enter: 'kdesudo amarok' and enter the
password, Amarok opens as root (different colors and all) and the MP3 files
are playable...

it seems to be a permissions issue - so how do I fix this?

I guess chmoding the /usr/bin/amarokapp to my user, isn't such a good
idea...

Help!

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Amichai Rotman

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 09:38, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> Following your instruction, I entered 'xine' to the find box and this is
> what it found, regarding February:
>
> Commit Log for Fri Feb 27 10:48:41 2009
>
>
> Installed the following packages:
> libxine1-all-plugins (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)
> libxine1-gnome (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)
> libxine1-plugins (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)
> xine-ui (0.99.5+cvs20070914-2)
>
> I have re-installed these packages after purging them as part of the
> debugging process. My last major upgrade happened on Thu Jul 17 22:42:56
> 2008, and was able to play MP3 files since then...
>
> In between I have installed the Fluendo Streaming Server package. I think
> that's what messed things up for me...
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Amichai Rotman
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> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 20:20, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> On 02/27/2009 01:18 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I used to be able to play MP3 files with Amarok, but after a recent
>> update
>> > it stopped working!
>> >
>> > I am running Amarok 1.4.9.1on KDE 3.5.10.
>> >
>> > When I try to add an MP3 song to the playlist the first time after
>> opening
>> > Amarok, it asks me if I want to install MP3 support for Amarok. I click
>> on
>> > the 'install MP3 support' button, but nothing happens. When I re-try to
>> add
>> > the file, it pops up a message saying the file was not added because the
>> > media is not playable....
>> >
>> > Please help!
>>
>> No idea why yours might not be working, but I am playing an mp3 right
>> now on Amarok on my Gnome (Hardy) desktop. From Help|About Amarok:
>> 'Amarok 1.4.9.1 (Using KDE 3.5.10)'.  And this is following the slew of
>> kde security updates that were installed recently:
>>
>> Commit Log for Fri Feb 27 08:30:40 2009
>>
>> Upgraded the following packages:
>> kaddressbook (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
>> kdelibs-data (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.1
>> kdelibs4c2a (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.1
>> knode (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
>> libkcal2b (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
>> libkdepim1a (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
>> libkleopatra1 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
>> libkmime2 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
>> libktnef1 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1
>>
>> What have you updated recently? You can check via Synaptic|File|History.
>>
>>
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