<div dir="ltr">Hey all,<br><br>by following the advice at the very last post here:<br><br clear="all"><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,15438.0.html">http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,15438.0.html</a><br>
<br>I was able to fix the problem!<br><br>As always, it's a simple stupid little thing...<br><br>Thanks to all that helped!<br><br>.:====================================================:.<br><br>Amichai Rotman<br><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 13:48, Amichai Rotman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I found out another interesting thing:<br><br>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...<br>
<br>it seems to be a permissions issue - so how do I fix this?<br><br>I guess chmoding the /usr/bin/amarokapp to my user, isn't such a good idea...<br clear="all"><br>Help!<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>.:====================================================:.<br>
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<br><br></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 09:38, Amichai Rotman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il" target="_blank">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Following your instruction, I entered 'xine' to the find box and this is what it found, regarding February:<br><br>Commit Log for Fri Feb 27 10:48:41 2009<br><br><br>Installed the following packages:<br>
libxine1-all-plugins (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)<br>libxine1-gnome (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)<br>libxine1-plugins (1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2)<br>xine-ui (0.99.5+cvs20070914-2)<br><br>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...<br>
<br>In between I have installed the Fluendo Streaming Server package. I think that's what messed things up for me...<br><br>Any other ideas?<br><br>Thanks!<div><br clear="all"><br>.:====================================================:.<br>
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<br><br></div><div><div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 20:20, NoOp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 02/27/2009 01:18 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I used to be able to play MP3 files with Amarok, but after a recent update<br>
> it stopped working!<br>
><br>
> I am running Amarok 1.4.9.1on KDE 3.5.10.<br>
><br>
> When I try to add an MP3 song to the playlist the first time after opening<br>
> Amarok, it asks me if I want to install MP3 support for Amarok. I click on<br>
> the 'install MP3 support' button, but nothing happens. When I re-try to add<br>
> the file, it pops up a message saying the file was not added because the<br>
> media is not playable....<br>
><br>
> Please help!<br>
<br>
</div>No idea why yours might not be working, but I am playing an mp3 right<br>
now on Amarok on my Gnome (Hardy) desktop. From Help|About Amarok:<br>
'Amarok 1.4.9.1 (Using KDE 3.5.10)'. And this is following the slew of<br>
kde security updates that were installed recently:<br>
<br>
Commit Log for Fri Feb 27 08:30:40 2009<br>
<br>
Upgraded the following packages:<br>
kaddressbook (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1<br>
kdelibs-data (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.1<br>
kdelibs4c2a (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.1<br>
knode (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1<br>
libkcal2b (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1<br>
libkdepim1a (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1<br>
libkleopatra1 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1<br>
libkmime2 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1<br>
libktnef1 (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3) to 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3.1<br>
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What have you updated recently? You can check via Synaptic|File|History.<br>
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