Bug 113525

Summary:	Amarok - Fails to Play OGG Files
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Alex Radu <exigentsky>
Component:	KDE	Assignee:	E-mail List <kde-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P2 - High
Version:	Beta 3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i686
OS:	SUSE Other
Whiteboard:
Found By:	Other	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Alex Radu 2005-08-27 09:17:49 UTC

When I click on a .OGG audio file, Amarok 1.3 eagerly opens to play it.  
However, for some reason, it gives me an error in the bottom right hand side  
of the application and fails to play the file. Here is the error over a yellow  
background: "Some media could not be loaded (not playable)." It did not matter  
if I opened the OGG file by clicking it from Konqueror, by going to the  
"Actions" menu and then selecting it from "Play Media..." or any other way. It  
always gave me this error.  
  
I was really surprised that an open source format like OGG would not have the  
codecs necessary to play. It could not be due to legal issues as is the case  
with MP3, DVD, AVI, Flash, Real, Java... etc.   
  
Therefore, I tried another program, Kaffeine and it played the OGG files  
without problems on my Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS.  
 
BTW: I know this isn't the best place to ask. However, will the non-free 
version of SUSE 10 possibly have some proprietary formats ready to go by 
default?

Comment 1 Christoph Thiel 2005-08-27 22:11:44 UTC

Which sound engine did you use in amarok? Helix?

Comment 3 Alex Radu 2005-08-27 22:53:06 UTC

I'm not sure, but I changed nothing in Amarok. So it's whatever was default.
I'll check soon.

Comment 4 Alex Radu 2005-08-27 23:01:08 UTC

I just checked and under Engine -> Sound System it reads: "<no engine>".  
Obviously, this is the problem.  
  
However, I did not remove any packages from a default KDE installation and so  
I do not know why it would not have had an engine installed already.

Comment 5 Alex Radu 2005-08-27 23:05:48 UTC

Okay, I installed the Amarok-xine-1.3 engine and selected it for the sounds 
ystem of the program. It works perfectly now. But it really should be 
installed by default.

Comment 6 Alex Radu 2005-08-27 23:17:07 UTC

I jsut checked and the standard 1.9 GB KDE install does indeed install Amarok  
without an engine. The amarok-xine-1.3 engine was not checked.  
  
This should really be changed. After all, the amarok-xine-1.3 engine is just 
arond 1/10 of a mb.

Comment 7 Christoph Thiel 2005-08-27 23:34:45 UTC

Alright, thanks for your analysis! This bug will be fixed with the next beta.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 112945 ***