No Sound on Amarok - Gnome

[notme]

I know Amarok is meant for KDE, but is there any chance to make it run in Gnome?

I hit play but no sound is reproduce.
On the other hand I hit play for the same file in rhythmbox and it works fine.

Any hints?

[notme]

Found my answer searching other stuff

yum install xine-lib-extras-freeworld

It will go like this

[root@]# yum install xine-lib-extras-freeworld
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xine-lib-extras-freeworld.i586 0:1.1.16.3-1.fc11 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: vcdimager >= 0.7.23 for package: xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.16.3-1.fc11.i586
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0(VCDINFO_0) for package: xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.16.3-1.fc11.i586
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0 for package: xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.16.3-1.fc11.i586
--> Processing Dependency: libmad.so.0 for package: xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.16.3-1.fc11.i586
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libmad.i586 0:0.15.1b-11.fc11 set to be updated
---> Package vcdimager.i586 0:0.7.23-10.fc11 set to be updated
---> Package vcdimager-libs.i586 0:0.7.23-10.fc11 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================== ==============================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ==============================
Installing:
xine-lib-extras-freeworld i586 1.1.16.3-1.fc11 rpmfusion-free 390 k
Installing for dependencies:
libmad i586 0.15.1b-11.fc11 rpmfusion-free 84 k
vcdimager i586 0.7.23-10.fc11 rpmfusion-free 581 k
vcdimager-libs i586 0.7.23-10.fc11 rpmfusion-free 101 k

Transaction Summary
================================================== ==============================
Install 4 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total size: 1.1 M
Total download size: 766 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): libmad-0.15.1b-11.fc11.i586.rpm | 84 kB 00:01
(2/3): vcdimager-0.7.23-10.fc11.i586.rpm | 581 kB 00:04
(3/3): vcdimager-libs-0.7.23-10.fc11.i586.rpm | 101 kB 00:02
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 78 kB/s | 766 kB 00:09
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : libmad-0.15.1b-11.fc11.i586 1/4
Installing : vcdimager-0.7.23-10.fc11.i586 2/4
Installing : vcdimager-libs-0.7.23-10.fc11.i586 3/4
Installing : xine-lib-extras-freeworld-1.1.16.3-1.fc11.i586 4/4

Installed:
xine-lib-extras-freeworld.i586 0:1.1.16.3-1.fc11

Dependency Installed:
libmad.i586 0:0.15.1b-11.fc11 vcdimager.i586 0:0.7.23-10.fc11
vcdimager-libs.i586 0:0.7.23-10.fc11

Complete!

Open Amarok and Enjoy!

[textux]

This fixed my problem as well. I was using Amarok to play MP3 files and one of the updates broke it.

Thanks!

[rdieter]

See also,
http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Download:Fedora

which suggests,
yum install @sound-and-video

which will auto-install all available codecs (especially if rpmfusion repos are setup)

[dd_wizard]

Another way to fix it without installing xine is to change the backend in Amarok preferences. It's been a while since I did that, so my memory is a little fuzzy. I use Exaile now. It's a LOT like Amarok, and built for gnome libs. No need to install all those KDE extras.

As I recall, if you poke around in Amarok's preferences, there's a tab for audio output. Xine is used by default, but there's another option, maybe Puleseaudio? Hope this helps.

dd_wizard

[richardpu]

notme- you are awesome!!!
I had been looking for this for a week.

[root@]# yum install xine-lib-extras-freeworld

fixed all my Amarok problems.

Thanks!!

[paulonogarol]

Thank you guys
I am using Fedora 12 (KDE) and my Amarok wasn't working very well.. I couldn't listen to music from it.

The comand # yum install xine-lib-extras-freeworld fixed the problem

[pooanaji]

Thanks a ton guys.
I've been using Fedora for a couple of years now and never tried using amarok.
This thread really helped me out.
Amarok is cool.