setting default engine for amarok.........

reddog1 · 05-23-2006, 11:29 AM

hello everyone,

this should be an easy one, except for me

I have installed the xine engine for amarok. My issue is, each time i start Suse i have to re-configure amarok to use the xine engine, instead of helix. How can i make xine the default enigine for amarok?

Im running Suse10, with KDE for desktop.

Thanks in advance !!

abisko00 · 05-24-2006, 02:50 AM

In your homedirectory (~/.kde/share/config/), have a look at amarokrc. In the section [Playback], add the entry

Sound System=xine-engine

Hope it works!

reddog1 · 05-24-2006, 08:40 PM

hello abisko00,

thank you for the reply!

that line already exists, this is kinda drivin me bananas. its one of those little quirks that isnt a big deal. but i would just like it to work

Code:

[Playback]
Equalizer Enabled=true
Equalizer Gains=40,25,-30,-40,-20,20,45,55,55,55
Equalizer Preset=Rock
Sound System=xine-engine

any other suggestions possibly? thanks again !

abisko00 · 05-25-2006, 04:12 AM

Strangely, KDE configurations may exit on three different locations. Check /etc/opt/kde3/share/config and /opt/kde3/share/config if other versions of amarokrc exist. Maybe there's an override of the user settings.

reddog1 · 05-26-2006, 12:14 AM

hmm, no amarokrc file in /etc/opt/kde3/share/config. However i do have amarokrc in /opt/kde3/share/config, and this is how it looks.

Code:

[General]
XMLFile=amarokui.rc

[BrowserBar]
CurrentPane=ContextBrowser

[PlaylistColumnsLayout]
#see PlaylistWidget::setColumnWidth() for explanation for below
ColumnWidths=0,200,100,100,0,0,0,0,0,80,0

[KNewStuff]
TargetDir=amarok/themes
Uncompress=application/x-gzip
ProvidersUrl=http://amarok.kde.org/knewstuff/amarokthemes-providers.xml

as far as i can see, theres nothin related to xine being an issue. Could the problem i'm having, have something to do with permissions, and thats why the xine-engine doesnt load at startup? Just a thought.

sorry it took so long to reply, im working on trying to get an ftp server running on another box......arrggghh