Amarok doesn't use Gnome sound settings

[Ernst]

Binary package hint: amarok

I use Ubuntu Jaunty. My desktop environment is Gnome. I'm running Amarok 2:2.0.2mysql5.1.30-0ubuntu3.

I installed Amarok 2 in Jaunty, by running 'sudo aptitude install amarok'. As I love Amarok, it is my default audio player inside my Ubuntu Jaunty (running Gnome). However, there is no way to configure the audio output; inside Amarok, there is no option (this was possible in version 1.4, but disappeared in the new Amarok 2).

Amarok seems to rely on the KDE Phonon backend. So, the only option to change the audio output is to install the package kdebase-workspace and run 'systemsettings'. Inside the multimedia section, I could select pulse-audio (so the playback would not default to a digital output).
Those packages are needed by Amarok to be able to configure one of the important parts of the program.

The correct behaviour is, that an application started inside Ubuntu/Gnome uses the settings from System > Preferences > Sound, I think. Otherwise, the package 'kdebase-workspace' should be added to the dependencies of Amarok. But now, there is no possibility to control the output device of Amarok.

[Myriam Schweingruber (myriam)]

...which is an absolutely normal behaviour of a KDE app. I don't know of any Gnome app that would do this in KDE, so don't blame a perfectly normal setting.

[Ernst (ernst-blaauw)]

Well, of course I understand the underlying logic, but I think it is a technical argument. From a user perspective, every app should obey the window manager specific audio settings from which it is launched. Maybe I should call this report a wish? (and should therefore have the status wishlist?)

I still think the audio configuration should be accessible if a audio program is installed. As I don't see my wish implemented very soon (if ever), kdebase-workspace should be installed if the amarok package is installed. In my case, Amarok defaulted to a digital output which I never use. The setting could not be changed. As Amarok is one of the programs which could cause a Windows user to switch to Ubuntu, this behavior is not desired (although very understandable).