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Topic: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

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Last_GUNSLINGER wrote:

ok ive been trying to get amarok to work on crunchbang and finally got it to work, when i first log on i can play music but the problem is nothing else will play sound, not games, browser nothing!
what do i need to do to fix this problem?

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

Welcome to #! smile

I honestly have no idea how to fix this, but I'll ask the powers-that-be to repost it in the 'support' section.

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

Please use this thread for any queries/answers relating to the users amarok bug!

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

Create a file named .asondrc in your home folder. Paste this in: 

pcm.dsp {
    type plug
    slave.pcm "dmix"
}

Run 

sudo service alsa-utils stop
sudo alsa force-reload
sudo service alsa-utils start

That should be it.

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

didnt work

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

Should the name not be .asoundrc.

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

well i can play either music or anything else at the same time is that even possible? if so how do i manage to play a game and listen to music at the same time?

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

well sorry cant play music and browser or game at the same time they dont come out together either the music is playing or the game sound is playing but not together

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

I think you might have to use something called dmix.  I'm not exactly sure how to use it, but it's basically a software mixer.  Either that or use PulseAudio.

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

^ el_koraco offered that already with dmix.

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

i already have pulse audio, how do i make it where i can multi listen?

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

edit the file ~/.asoundrc and change it to:

pcm.pulse {
    type pulse
}

ctl.pulse {
    type pulse
}

pcm.!default {
    type pulse
}

ctl.!default {
    type pulse
}

then reboot or
sudo service alsa-utils stop
sudo alsa force-reload
sudo service alsa-utils start

and check if pulseaudio is running (pulseaudio -D)

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

its worked! thnx man big_smile

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

@Bobobex big_smile Please edit the first post, in the title add [SOLVED]
Thank you

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

I knew @machine would chime in and resolve it. wink

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

i still cant play my game and listen to music at the same time how do i fix that? sorry :'(

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

Sorry to ask a stupid question, but:

sudo apt-get install amarok
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  amarok-common amarok-utils docbook-xml docbook-xsl exiv2 kdebase-runtime
  kdebase-runtime-data kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins
  kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdoctools libattica0 libavcodec53 libavformat53
  libavutil51 libcanberra0 libcddb2 libclucene0ldbl libdbusmenu-qt2
  libdirac-decoder0 libdiscid0 libdlrestrictions1 libdvbpsi7 libebml3
  libexiv2-9 libgpod4-nogtk libilmbase6 libimobiledevice2 libiodbc2
  libiso9660-7 libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcddb4 libkcmutils4 libkde3support4
  libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4
  libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4
  libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4
  libkpty4 libkrosscore4 libktexteditor4 liblastfm0 liblircclient0
  libmatroska5 libmtp-common libmtp-runtime libmtp9 libmusicbrainz3-6
  libmysqlclient16 libneon27-gnutls libnepomuk4 libnepomukquery4a
  libnepomukutils4 libnl3 libntrack-qt4-1 libntrack0 libopenexr6 libphonon4
  libplasma3 libplist1 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libpostproc52 libpulse-mainloop-glib0
  libqca2 libqjson0 libqt4-declarative libqt4-designer libqt4-qt3support
  libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-svg libqt4-test
  libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtlocation1 libqtmultimediakit1 libqtscript4-core
  libqtscript4-gui libqtscript4-network libqtscript4-sql libqtscript4-uitools
  libqtscript4-xml libqtwebkit4 libqzeitgeist0 libraptor1 libsdl-image1.2
  libsolid4 libsoprano4 libssh-4 libstreamanalyzer0 libstreams0 libswscale2
  libtag-extras1 libtar0 libthreadweaver4 libupnp3 libupower-glib1 libusbmuxd1
  libva-x11-1 libva1 libvcdinfo0 libvirtodbc0 libvlc5 libvlccore4
  libvorbisfile3 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-xv0 libxml2-utils
  mysql-common ntrack-module-libnl-0 odbcinst odbcinst1debian2
  oxygen-icon-theme phonon phonon-backend-vlc plasma-scriptengine-javascript
  sgml-data shared-desktop-ontologies soprano-daemon ttf-dejavu upower usbmuxd
  virtuoso-minimal virtuoso-opensource-6.1-bin virtuoso-opensource-6.1-common
  vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
Suggested packages:
  libxine1-ffmpeg libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-sql-psql moodbar docbook
  docbook-dsssl docbook-defguide docbook-xsl-doc-html docbook-xsl-doc-pdf
  docbook-xsl-doc-text docbook-xsl-doc libsaxon-java libxalan2-java
  libxslthl-java docbook-xsl-saxon fop xalan dbtoepub djvulibre-bin icoutils
  finger lame libcanberra-gtk0 libcanberra-pulse libgpod-common hspell lirc
  libqca2-plugin-cyrus-sasl libqca2-plugin-gnupg libqca2-plugin-ossl
  libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel libqt4-declarative-gestures
  libqt4-declarative-particles qt4-qmlviewer libqt4-dev qtmobility-l10n
  raptor-utils phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon-backend-xine
  phonon-backend-mplayer perlsgml doc-html-w3 opensp mozilla-plugin-vlc
  videolan-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  amarok amarok-common amarok-utils docbook-xml docbook-xsl exiv2
  kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-data kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data
  kdelibs5-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdoctools libattica0 libavcodec53
  libavformat53 libavutil51 libcanberra0 libcddb2 libclucene0ldbl
  libdbusmenu-qt2 libdirac-decoder0 libdiscid0 libdlrestrictions1 libdvbpsi7
  libebml3 libexiv2-9 libgpod4-nogtk libilmbase6 libimobiledevice2 libiodbc2
  libiso9660-7 libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcddb4 libkcmutils4 libkde3support4
  libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4
  libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4
  libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4
  libkpty4 libkrosscore4 libktexteditor4 liblastfm0 liblircclient0
  libmatroska5 libmtp-common libmtp-runtime libmtp9 libmusicbrainz3-6
  libmysqlclient16 libneon27-gnutls libnepomuk4 libnepomukquery4a
  libnepomukutils4 libnl3 libntrack-qt4-1 libntrack0 libopenexr6 libphonon4
  libplasma3 libplist1 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libpostproc52 libpulse-mainloop-glib0
  libqca2 libqjson0 libqt4-declarative libqt4-designer libqt4-qt3support
  libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-svg libqt4-test
  libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtlocation1 libqtmultimediakit1 libqtscript4-core
  libqtscript4-gui libqtscript4-network libqtscript4-sql libqtscript4-uitools
  libqtscript4-xml libqtwebkit4 libqzeitgeist0 libraptor1 libsdl-image1.2
  libsolid4 libsoprano4 libssh-4 libstreamanalyzer0 libstreams0 libswscale2
  libtag-extras1 libtar0 libthreadweaver4 libupnp3 libupower-glib1 libusbmuxd1
  libva-x11-1 libva1 libvcdinfo0 libvirtodbc0 libvlc5 libvlccore4
  libvorbisfile3 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-xv0 libxml2-utils
  mysql-common ntrack-module-libnl-0 odbcinst odbcinst1debian2
  oxygen-icon-theme phonon phonon-backend-vlc plasma-scriptengine-javascript
  sgml-data shared-desktop-ontologies soprano-daemon ttf-dejavu upower usbmuxd
  virtuoso-minimal virtuoso-opensource-6.1-bin virtuoso-opensource-6.1-common
  vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
0 upgraded, 146 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 139 MB/140 MB of archives.
After this operation, 348 MB of additional disk space will be used.

Is there a reason you want to use Amarok including all the KDE-dependencies?

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

i like amarok and it allows me to use my ipod with it
and kde is gonna but i dont like the os

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

146 packages to be installed for just one app, a hell and that on the poor and little #!. smile

@Last Gun: You should become a real #!'er and use something more lightweight. wink

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

ok well whats available that i can use anything good?

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

banshee
clementine
exaile
rhythmbox

these are full-featured players with iPod support. Rhythmbox is rather big, though.

listen
songbird

don't know if they support the iPod

mocp
audacious
deadbeef
mpd (+ncmpcpp/gmpc/sonata/...)

'light-weight' players

I think right now, with Amarok, your pulseaudio doesn't work perfectly because of phonon (in the KDE packages), so it is possible that changing to a non-KDE-player will already solve your playback problem. That's why I asked if you really need the KDE stuff.

http://banshee.fm
http://www.clementine-player.org/
http://www.exaile.org/
http://getsongbird.com/
http://www.rhythmbox.org
http://www.listen-project.org/

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Re: [SOLVED] Amarok bug

thank u happy hacking/gaming/posting!

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