Hi Thomas, thanks for your message.
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:47:20 +0200 Thomas Lübking <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 28 August 2011 10:58:12 Shlomi Fish wrote: > > What I need from Amarok is to have a Phonon backend that will: > > > > 1. Play all files I throw at it > > - .mp3, .ogg, .flv, .mp4, .mod/.s3m/.xm/.it, .avi, etc. Phonon-gstreamer is > > unable to play .mp4 files due to this bug - > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267319 - and > > Phonon-VLC was much more quirky in this respect last time I tried. > > > > 2. Be able to play streamed or remote media like the one that is present in > > Last.fm, Magnatune or Jamendo (all of which have Amarok interfaces). Here > > Phonon-gstreamer is much worse (due to an unreleased bug fix), and > > phonon-vlc is better. > > a) the provided file is actually invalid. It plays only because of the > generosity of the various mediaplayers. The provided file is a trimmed version of an .mp4 file I downloaded from YouTube using youtube-dl (I give the URL there). I trimmed it because it was too large. Amarok is unable to play the non-trimmed version either with phonon-gstreamer. > > b) The linked bugreport indicates (esp. comment #1 - nowhere denied) that > this is a problem with the gstreamer backend only. Do yourself a favour and > kick it. Even the "perfomance enhanced" latest version has serious timing > issues everybody with non damaged ears can *hear* OK, but see below. > > c) i've just tried that file and in plays w/o any problems (but a wrong > length... as mentioned: the file is not valid) on phonon-vlc > phonon 4.5.55 > phonon-vlc 0.4.1 > vlc 1.1.11 > Yes, but the problem here is that Amarok with phonon-vlc won't play .flv files or files with an extension of .mod (it plays .mp3, .ogg, .avi, .mp4, .s3m, .xm and .it files, fine). I have: * phonon-devel-4.5.0-5.mga2 * phonon-vlc-0.4.1-1.mga2 * vlc-1.1.11-4.mga2.tainted on Mageia Linux 2. > All in all it seems your only problem is (phonon-)gstreamer. So just switch > the backend an wait until gstreamer is in a shape where one really should use > it. I'm fairly sure our grandsons (and daughters ;-) will have fixed the > mimetype issue until then as well.... Well, I have some media compatibility with phonon-vlc too, though it may have got better. I'll try to report it. > > Disclaimer: > I have no "Last.fm, Magnatune or Jamendo" accounts and cannot comment on the > backend issues/quality regarding those. You don't need a Jamendo or Magnatune accounts to listen to music served from them. Just go to their Amarok interfaces. Regards, Shlomi Fish > > Cheers, > Thomas -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Best Introductory Programming Language - http://shlom.in/intro-lang Microsoft — making it all make sense. Ours. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Amarok-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
