Amarok won't play.
I'm using Slackware64.
I have these packages installed:

gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2_SBo
gst-plugins-bad-0.10.21-x86_64-1alien
gst-plugins-base-0.10.36-x86_64-2
gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2alien
gst-plugins-good-0.10.31-x86_64-5
gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-x86_64-2_SBo
gst1-libav-1.4.1-x86_64-1_SBo
gst1-plugins-bad-1.4.1-x86_64-1_SBo
gst1-plugins-base-1.4.4-x86_64-1alien
gst1-plugins-good-1.4.4-x86_64-1alien
gst1-plugins-ugly-1.4.1-x86_64-1_SBo
gstreamer-0.10.36-x86_64-2
gstreamer1-1.4.4-x86_64-1alien

Anybody can help?

system settings->multimedia->phonon->backend is... what?

If it isn't GStreamer, those packages will do nothing...

It is Gstreamer.

This happens to me every time I install or upgrade my Slackware. I always keep forgetting to write down what I have to do to be able to listen to mp3's (I use audacious but I believe it also makes amarok work).

Make sure mpg123 (or is it mpg321?) is installed...or just install both - won't hurt anything as both small packages, heh.

Try that and see if it helps.

What does that mean: does it start and you are able to select a ogg audio file but there is no sound? or amarok won't start at all?

ogg should work out of the box with a default Slackware installation. So it's possible that you have an issue with your sound hardware

Do you have any error/warning message relating to sound card configuration when KDE starts (it could happen if you have more than one sound card)?

These are the gst packages I have and play mp3 without issues in amarok... Maybe it will help.

I thought it was bad or ugly that had the mp3 codec:

gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2_SBo
gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23-x86_64-3_SBo
gst-plugins-base-0.10.36-x86_64-2
gst-plugins-base-compat32-0.10.36-x86_64-2compat32
gst-plugins-good-0.10.31-x86_64-5
gst-plugins-good-compat32-0.10.31-x86_64-5compat32
gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-x86_64-2_SBo
gstreamer-0.10.36-x86_64-2
gstreamer-compat32-0.10.36-x86_64-2compat32
phonon-gstreamer-4.6.3-x86_64-1

green_vein,

I have mpg123.


gegechris99,

Amarok starts but can't play audio files.
I also have audacious and vlc, both play audio files.
Obviously, I have sound in my system.
I do not receive any sound message error.


WhiteWolf1776,

I have all these packages except the "compat32".
My system isn't multilib.

Thak you all.

Never had any luck with Amarok, either. It's always audacious for me.

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I agree.
But I want amarok to manage my audio collection.

Maybe you could check if a working audio device is selected in the phonon configuration.

System Settings -> Multimedia ->Audio and Video Settings. Go to tab "Device Preference" and select "Audio Playback->music". On the right side, test each audio device that appears and if one is working move it on top of the list.

none is working...

I am also having problems with "amarok" not playing mp3-files. After compiling and installing the package above and installing "lame" I got "XMMS" to play mp3s. Playing ogg-files in "amarok" works fine for me though but playing mp3s in "amarok" doesn't. (Slackware 14.1 - 32-Bit)

One further problem that I have is that I can't play radio-streams in XMMS. I would like to listen to this radio station: http://www.slayradio.org

@Mankind75

Just to make sure: did you install the 32-bit edition and not the x86_64 one?

The safest way to build the package (it will automatically detect your Slackware architecture) is to use a Slackbuild script.

Here's the link for gst-plugins-ugly

I am using the 32-bit version of 14.1. I came across the slack-build script but then eventually decided to build it from source. I used the same version numbers as the newest version wouldn't compile.

I tried again tuning into the stream with KPlayer. This one works fine.