[wplug] Amarok problems

[Janos Dohanics]

On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:21:57 -0500
Ted Rodgers <ted.d.rodgers at gmail.com> wrote:

> Taking a look at my setup, libmad should give you mp3 support --and
> should be what vlc is using to play them-- but the *buntu folks may
> package libmad bindings to amarok separetely, and they may not be
> called "plugins" either.   The easiest way to track it down may be to
> search for amarok, vlc, and phonon with either synaptic or aptitiude
> and just install whatever plugins/bindings look appropriate based on
> descriptions.  The mp3 one for amarok should almost certainly have mad
> in the name.  As for the wma one, I looked briefly to see what it
> should pull and didn't find anything.  If it's not using a native
> codec, it could be using somehting they package with win32codecs, but
> last I knew that package was only needed to play some odd realplayer
> formats.
> 
> The fact it works on FreeBSD only tells me they pull more
> plugins/bindings by default when you install Amarok, manage their dep
> graph differently, or simply don't break the package up into as many
> small pieces.  KDE likes to use vlc as the backend for it's sound
> system (phonon) now, so having vlc capable of playing the codecs you
> are wanting to play means it's only an intermediate piece missing.
> 
> tdr

libmad was definitely installed, and I looked through the package list
for anything remotely relevant and installed them.

Finally, I installed Gnome - I know, that's overkill, but Amarok now
works.

Thank you both for for your help.

-- 
Janos Dohanics
<web at 3dresearch.com>