Amarok won't play flac anymore

pheonix991 · 09-23-2006, 03:30 AM

I used apt-get to install flac, then I used Automatix to get the rest of the codecs I needed to play my music. I could listen to my flac files, and not my mp3 files before I did automatix, but, afterwords I could only listen to my mp3 files, and not the flac files. Any ideas?

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Old_Fogie · 09-24-2006, 07:07 AM

I believe you have to have the helix engine selected in amarok as your preferred sound engine to be able to get flac to work.

hferretluv · 10-16-2006, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Old_Fogie

I believe you have to have the helix engine selected in amarok as your preferred sound engine to be able to get flac to work.

Try using the xine engine. Helix on my sys did NOT play with amarok, and amarok no longer is compatible with the gstreamer engine. Helix alone did NOT work, even with all kinds of plugins and codecs added as appropriate.

pheonix991 · 10-17-2006, 12:04 AM

Thanks guys, but, forget it, I formatted ubuntu and am in the middle of a gentoo install that I can't get working... So, I've given up on linux for a while... Till I get more time anyway...

raffytaffy · 10-18-2006, 11:02 PM

i use xmms to play flac files...hasnt failed me yet..

alek66 · 10-20-2006, 07:32 AM

I had the same problem, untill I upgarded amarok to 1.4 (i´m under amd64 edition) after upgrading, it worked like a charm.