[ale] how about XMMS2? [was: playlists not available in RealPlayer?]

[Matt Kubilus]

I believe it is aRts by default.  I've installed the amarok-xine, but
amarok is unable to use it for some reason.  I have work to do beside
debugging KDE apps, so XMMS it is.

Don't get me wrong, I really like KDE when it works.  Kopete over
Gaim.  On slow systems especially Konqueror is much faster than
firefox.  Wanted to use KDE on my laptop but the kdesudo dialog simply
doesn't work under Ubuntu.  I could try Kubuntu, but like I said, I
have work to do.

-M

On 11/20/06, Jay Loden <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:
> Actually, since amarok itself doesn't do any of the sound decoding, then
> that's a problem with the sound subsystem on your installation. It's
> likely either that the decoding engine being used by Amarok (it's
> configurable in the options, I believe the default is GStreamer) is
> garbling the sound, or the sound card drivers aren't happy. Since you're
> having no trouble playing sound in XMMS, I'd guess that it's the
> particular decoding engine you're using.
>
> Try installing the extra engines for amarok (amarok-engines is the
> package name on ubuntu derivatives if memory serves), and see if you
> have better luck with one of the other available options. I always had
> the best luck with the xine engine, personally.
>
> As far as KDE instability in general, the only KDE app I've ever had
> flaky problems with is kmail. In that case, it's a known bug that crops
> up  only for IMAP users, it's been open for quite a long time in the KDE
> bugzilla listings, and I think it's even one of the top ten KDE "please
> fix" poll results ;) Other than that not-so-stellar experience, I've
> been really pleased with KDE in general and not really experienced
> random instability or issues that have prevented me from using it -
> until this year I was using a KDE desktop for multiple machines at work
> and at home quite happil
>
> Matt Kubilus wrote:
> > I really like the interface to Amarok.  I think it looks great, I like
> > the way it works, I like the extras and features, and it has non-Linux
> > users go 'wow' when they see it.  Unfortunately, as is the case with
> > almost every other KDE based app I use, it is simply too flakey for
> > serious use.  Randomly in the middle of a song, in the middle of the
> > day, in the middle of me trying to work, Amarok will loudly garble all
> > the sound.  Features before stability huh?  I guess I'm back to XMMS.
> >
> > -M
> >
>
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