CDs in Amarok

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 16 February 2009 08:57:30 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2009 10:22:45 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 16 February 2009 08:05:16 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > On Monday 16 February 2009 09:47:43 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Monday 16 February 2009 06:31:11 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday 15 February 2009 23:07:32 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > > On Sunday 15 February 2009 20:47:08 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > > > > OK... This is weird. Seems that I'm having trouble playing CDs
> > > > > > > altoghether.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > First off. Kaffeine is still a KDE 3.x app. So I've tried vlc
> > > > > > > and kplayer. They both work but CD playback starts and stop
> > > > > > > whenever I do anything on my computer. Sound file playback is
> > > > > > > nice and smooth (ie mp3 ogg etc). Could any body confirm this
> > > > > > > behavior.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No.  I don't have kplayer.  Vlc is stuttery and horrible.  Kscd
> > > > > > worked perfectly, as did DragonPlayer, which I think is the
> > > > > > recommended simple CD player.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anne
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmmmm... Filing a bug report. KsCD does not seem to see my CDs at
> > > > > all and KPlayer playback starts and stops. I'm using the
> > > > > phonon-xine backend. But when I playback CD directly from Xine I
> > > > > have absolutely no problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > at bugs.kde.org
> > > > >
> > > > >   https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184494
> > > > >
> > > > > And notified the Fedora team at bugzilla.redhat.com
> > > > >
> > > > >   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485671
> > > >
> > > > Strange - kscd worked for me without doing anything - in fact I
> > > > couldn't even see any link to configurations.  I simply hit play and
> > > > it did.  How do you know which backend is being used?  I'll check if
> > > > you point me to it
> > >
> > > There are two things that should be checked.
> > >
> > > 1) System Settings -> General -> Multimedia -> Backend
> > >    Xine is the backend on the top of the list.
> > >
> > > 2) System Settings -> Audio CDs -> Specify CD Device
> > >    To enter the correct CD device.
> >
> > I have both xine and gstreamer installed, but xine is top of the list, so
> > presumably that's what is being used by kscd.
> >
> > If you can think of any tests to see why mine works and yours doesn't,
> > please tell me.
>
> I really have no idea. If you do, then that would be great.
>
Let's start with version.  Check yours against this:

Name        : kdemultimedia                Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 4.2.0                             Vendor: Fedora Project   
Release     : 1.fc10.1                      Build Date: Sat 24 Jan 2009 
02:53:20 PM GMT
Install Date: Sun 25 Jan 2009 08:37:44 AM GMT      Build Host: 
xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com

Anne
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