Amarok won't play extra-long mp3 entirely

[Paul Martrenchar]

Binary package hint: amarok

I want to play a 6 hours-long mp3. Amarok knows the length of the mp3 but won't play the end : it stops at 2h40. And if I want it to start after 2h40, it starts at the beginning.

Winamp and rhythmbox played my mp3 entirely.

[Lydia Pintscher (lydia-pintscher)]

Can you please try it with another engine? You can choose another one in the settings.
What happens if you play that file in another player that uses xine? (I assume you use the default engine which is xine.)

[Paul Martrenchar (pmartrenchar)]

It works with totem, xine-ui, vlc and SMplayer.

Amarok uses the xine engine.

Something to add :
just before the limit where it stop playing, no sound is played whereas rhythmbox plays something at that time.

[Lydia Pintscher (lydia-pintscher)]

Ok thanks for that information.
Can you please do one more test? Try to change the engine in Amarok and play the file with that engine. You might need to install another one with the package manager.

[Paul Martrenchar (pmartrenchar)]

I have installed yauap and amarok-engine-yauap from debian (there is no other engine than xine on hardy). And I can play the whole mp3 with it.

[Lydia Pintscher (lydia-pintscher)]

Ok thank you :)

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

As of Amarok 2, Amarok uses the Phonon audio layer to play all of its audio and does not use any custom engines itself. If you still experience this problem with Amarok2, please file a bug against Phonon. Thanks!