workaround for getting back MP3-playing (since no one's mentioned it
yet) : `sudo aptitude install libxine1-ffmpeg` worked for me
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Amarok in Kubuntu/Ubuntu Jaunty does not offer to install restricted codecs
(like MP3)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346246
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About the dependencies: note that I installed manually the package to
get Amarok to play mp3 audio files ;)
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Amarok in Kubuntu/Ubuntu Jaunty does not offer to install restricted codecs
(like MP3)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346246
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Loïc: a regression would be if this option was working before and doesn't work
anymore.
But Amarok doesn't handle codec download at all and never has, this depends on
your distributors choice to offer (or not) preinstalled mp3 codecs for the xine
sound engine.
** Tags removed: regression
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Myriam: Amarok (1.4) in Kubuntu/Ubuntu 8.10 offered this option. Upon
playing an mp3, it would prompt for install of restricted codecs (and
install them if the user wants it). In 9.04, Amarok (2.0) doesn't do
this anymore.
But Amarok doesn't handle codec download at all and never has,
this
Amarok (1.4) in Kubuntu/Ubuntu 8.10 offered this option.
Right, you are comparing apples with oranges here: Amarok 2 is something
totally new, filing a regression for an application which has not even a common
codebase with the 1.4.x series and never had this option is a bit strange,
don't you
filing a regression for an application which has not even a common
codebase with the 1.4.x series and never had this option is a bit strange,
don't you think?
That's a peculiar question. Obviously I wouldn't have filed a regression
if I thought that. Amarok 2.X has been chosen as a replacement
Amarok uses update-notifier-kde to prompt for restricted codecs install.
Most non-Kubuntu desktop users won't have that installed and won't get
prompted, which is indeed a regression from previously.
Ideally Amarok would use packagekit to check for useful codecs and
install through that. This
