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amarok package

Amarok can't play audio after attempting to play a FLAC file

Bug #56475 reported by Dave Suffling
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amarok (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When a flac audio file is next in the queue, the following events happen (in sequence:)

1. An error message is displayed to the effect of:

Error Loading Media
There is no audio channel!

2. Playback is stopped.

3. Attempting to play other, non-FLAC files results in the visualization working, but no audio output. Amarok must be restarted in order for audio output to work again.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Queue three tracks, one non-FLAC, then one FLAC, then one non-FLAC.
2. Begin playback
3. Advance to near the end of the first track (or wait)
4. Observe effects 1, 2 as described above
5. Attempt to start playback of the third track by double-clicking
6. Observe effect 4 as desctibed above

This bug effectively makes FLAC files in the library "land mines" which must be avoided to prevent the application from entering an effectively useless state (which is similar in mangitude to a crash, and a great deal more confusing.)

Using amarok 2:1.4.1-0ubuntu1.

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Kenny Duffus (kduffus) wrote :

I had a similar thing happen when trying to listen to a flac stream, OSD came up with stream info then hung

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Pekka Jääskeläinen (pekka-jaaskelainen) wrote :

Isn't the inability to play FLACs a bug as-is? I cannot play FLACs (get the "There is no audio channel" error) with amarok-xine, but using Xine directly, they work...

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Dave Suffling (dsufflin) wrote : Re: [Bug 56475] Re: Amarok can't play audio after attempting to play a FLAC file

Pekka Jääskeläinen wrote:
> Isn't the inability to play FLACs a bug as-is? I cannot play FLACs (get
> the "There is no audio channel" error) with amarok-xine, but using Xine
> directly, they work...
>
>
 Yes, that's a bug, but in this case, Amarok goes on to be unable to play
other, non-FLAC tracks, which is a separate (more severe) issue.

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

please upgrade to latest amarok package for you version of ubuntu/kubuntu. latest in dapper is Version 2:1.3.9-0ubuntu4 latest in edgy is Version 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu9. and see if you still have this issue. noone stated what version of ubuntu this is in so if your using breezy im sorry for not leaving info for breezy.

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Rémi G. (remi-grolleau) wrote :

Hello!

This a bug of xine-lib... It happens on ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake when the amarok version is the 1.4.1 and later. There are patches of xine-lib which solve the problem but I don't remember where I find the .deb package :-(

I don't have the problem on ubuntu 6.10 edgy eft. But be careful with flacs on amarok 1.4.3 : don't edit tags! Amarok 1.4.3 corrupts the files...

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Freddy Martinez (freddymartinez9) wrote :

It seems this bug is confirmed, I am marking it as such. If not, please correct me.

Changed in amarok:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Pascal Potvin (pascal-potvin) wrote :

Seek for bug 66293.

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Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

fixed in feisty, gutsy. Please reopen if it becomes a problem in gutsy.

Changed in amarok:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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