Amarok and mp3 engines?

bjorntj · #1 23rd May 2006, 01:13 PM

I have installed xine and gstreamer-plugins-ugly but the only engine I can choose in amarok, is helix...
Why?

Also, why is Fedora/Redhat so cumbersome to get multimedia to work as it should!?? It's the only distro I have used that have this prooblem, why??

Regards,

BTJ

BTW, I am running FC 5...

b00st · #2 23rd May 2006, 01:20 PM

I just updated myself and having the same problem. More than likely just a bad build. Hopefully it gets fixed pronto

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read this to get answers to your second question:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems

bjorntj · #3 23rd May 2006, 03:19 PM

Yes, but it's only Fedora! No one else have this issue, so why can't Fedora do what everyone else is doing??

BTJ

steve1961 · #4 23rd May 2006, 05:56 PM

Mmm.... I had this problem too after upgrading, xine engine disappeared and could only load helix. I installed amarok-extras-nonfree to see what that did and suddenly I had my xine engine back. Everything works fine again.

b00st · #5 23rd May 2006, 06:09 PM

cool, ill try and see if that works for me.

EDIT: Which repo did you get that from?

steve1961 · #6 23rd May 2006, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b00st

cool, ill try and see if that works for me.

EDIT: Which repo did you get that from?

the livna repo

b00st · #7 23rd May 2006, 06:55 PM

tried it and didn't work, but i don't use xine anyway (don't feel like installing the libs). Would prefer gstreamer once they fix the build.

Maners · #8 23rd May 2006, 07:13 PM

gstreamer engine has been removed from final version of Amarok 1.4. More info here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg00684.html The gstreamer engine was backported to Amarok 1.4 final by the packager only for architecures that do not support Helix engine: ppc64, x86_64, s390, s390x and ia64

b00st · #9 24th May 2006, 12:59 PM

That blows. Seriously, it does.

Flu · #10 24th May 2006, 02:55 PM

I posted this in another thread, but I'll post it here as well.

I was able to get mp3 support going with the Helix Engine by doing the following:

1) yum install compat-libstdc++-33
2) Download RealPlayer 10 for Linux from here: http://www.real.com/linux/ (Download RPM Package Link)
3) rpm -Uvh RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm
4) Open Amarok. Open the "Settings/Configure Amarok" section, then select "Engine"
5) Alter the Helix engine locations to the following:
Core directory: /usr/local/RealPlayer/common
Plugins directory: /usr/local/RealPlayer/plugins
Codecs directory: /usr/local/RealPlayer/codecs

After making these changes and restarting Amarok, mp3 files will now play fine again. This setup includes crossfading support as well, which is a nice bonus.

psyklops · #11 24th May 2006, 02:57 PM

are there advantages with gstreamer over the xine engine in amaroK?

Flu · #12 24th May 2006, 02:59 PM

You can find a comparison of the various engines here

psyklops · #13 24th May 2006, 03:04 PM

thanks for that. i installed all the xine relevant dependancies and libraries including the amarok-extras from livna and all worked 100%...

smfinley · #14 24th May 2006, 05:09 PM

See the Amarok section of Fedora Core 5 Installation Notes.

sunshineagain · #15 26th May 2006, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flu

I posted this in another thread, but I'll post it here as well.

I was able to get mp3 support going with the Helix Engine by doing the following:

1) yum install compat-libstdc++-33
2) Download RealPlayer 10 for Linux from here: http://www.real.com/linux/ (Download RPM Package Link)
3) rpm -Uvh RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm
4) Open Amarok. Open the "Settings/Configure Amarok" section, then select "Engine"
5) Alter the Helix engine locations to the following:
Core directory: /usr/local/RealPlayer/common
Plugins directory: /usr/local/RealPlayer/plugins
Codecs directory: /usr/local/RealPlayer/codecs

After making these changes and restarting Amarok, mp3 files will now play fine again. This setup includes crossfading support as well, which is a nice bonus.

I tried this and amarok crashed and wont reboot. Thanks !