Amarok won't load Ogg Vorbis files to mp3 player?

wolfger · 03-16-2007, 10:47 AM

Normally I just use my mp3 player for listening to podcasts, but today I decided to load some music on there, because I just can't concentrate on a podcast and do productive work at the same time. I used Amarok's "smart playlists" to grab 50 random songs from my collection and put them in my playlist, then I moved the playlist to the transfer queue, then I hit the transfer button. Only 3 songs made it to the player, and Amarok reported "47 tracks not playable on media device."
I'm betting this has something to do with the fact that most of my songs are in Ogg format rather than MP3 format (the ones that were MP3s made it onto the device), but my player is Ogg capable. I've played Oggs on it before with no problem. Seems Amarok is just being stupid. Anybody have any ideas?

macemoneta · 03-16-2007, 02:14 PM

Are you using the xine engine in your Amarok configuration? If so, was xine built with ogg support?

wolfger · 03-16-2007, 02:42 PM

I can't answer that question until I get home, but let me point out that I can *play* oggs in Amarok with no problem. I can transfer oggs to my mp3 player (using Konqueror) with no problem. The only problem is in transferring oggs to my mp3 player with Amarok.

MQMan · 03-16-2007, 02:46 PM

Maybe you've hit the same problem that I did.

Quick edit: I am using the xine engine. And I have other oggs that play just fine.

Cheers.

macemoneta · 03-16-2007, 02:58 PM

What mp3 player are you using, and what media device plugin in Amarok?

wolfger · 03-16-2007, 04:41 PM

Software info:
libxine1 1.1.2-1mepis1
libvorbis0a 1.1.2-0ubuntu2
Amarok 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu8~dapper1

If I try to uninstall libvorbis0a, Synaptic package manager insists on uninstalling libxine1 as well, so I assume libxine is compiled with ogg support.

Device info:
[17260238.132000] Vendor: SORELL Model: SF SERIES Rev: 1.00
[17260238.132000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
[17260238.144000] SCSI device sde: 513024 512-byte hdwr sectors (263 MB)
[17260238.152000] sde: Write Protect is off
Amarok plugin is "Generic Audio Player"

I try to play 02_eat_the_rich.ogg and it plays fine.
I drag-n-drop from the playlist to the media device browser, and it appears in my transfer queue.
I click transfer, I get an error.
Here is the console output:

Code:

amarok: BEGIN: ScanController::ScanController(CollectionDB*, bool, const QStringList&)
amarok: BEGIN: void ScanController::initIncremental()
amarok: END__: void ScanController::initIncremental() - Took 0.061s
amarok: END__: ScanController::ScanController(CollectionDB*, bool, const QStringList&) - Took 0.061s
amarok: BEGIN: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run()
amarok: BEGIN: virtual bool ScanController::doJob()
amarok: BEGIN: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*)
amarok: END__: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*) - Took 0.00048s
amarok: END__: virtual bool ScanController::doJob() - Took 0.00077s
amarok:   [CollectionDB] JobFinishedEvent from Incremental ScanController received.
amarok:   [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: CollectionScanner. Jobs pending: 0
amarok: BEGIN: virtual ScanController::~ScanController()
amarok: END__: virtual ScanController::~ScanController() - Took 0.00018s
amarok: END__: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run() - Took 0.0059s
amarok: BEGIN: ScanController::ScanController(CollectionDB*, bool, const QStringList&)
amarok: BEGIN: void ScanController::initIncremental()
amarok: END__: void ScanController::initIncremental() - Took 0.06s
amarok: END__: ScanController::ScanController(CollectionDB*, bool, const QStringList&) - Took 0.06s
amarok: BEGIN: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run()
amarok: BEGIN: virtual bool ScanController::doJob()
amarok: BEGIN: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*)
amarok: END__: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*) - Took 0.0006s
amarok: END__: virtual bool ScanController::doJob() - Took 0.00089s
amarok:   [CollectionDB] JobFinishedEvent from Incremental ScanController received.
amarok:   [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: CollectionScanner. Jobs pending: 0
amarok: BEGIN: virtual ScanController::~ScanController()
amarok: END__: virtual ScanController::~ScanController() - Took 0.00022s
amarok: END__: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run() - Took 0.0062s

macemoneta · 03-16-2007, 05:48 PM

Have you configured the generic media player plugin to handle ogg files? See this tutorial.

wolfger · 03-16-2007, 09:54 PM

Thank you! That was it.