Comment 8 for bug 91500

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Anurag Mishra (raag) wrote : Re: [Bug 91500] Re: Amarok cannot play *.ra files

Actually after amarok crashed, it made another file name xine.config~
with default values for the decoder.

Anurag

On 3/11/07, Dan O'Huiginn <email address hidden> wrote:
> OK. Here is a workaround for amarok. Again, beware: I'm not sure what
> the implications of making this change are; it may well do Bad Things to
> your system in some way. But since you're running feisty anyway, I guess
> you're OK with that.
>
> Here's the fix:
> - close amarok
> - open up ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/xine-config
> - find the section:
>
> # priority for real decoder
> # numeric, default: 0
> #engine.decoder_priorities.real:0
>
> change the last line to:
> #engine.decoder_priorities.real:10
>
> now try listening to a clip with background sound, and it should work.
>
> I'm not sure what the long-term solution to this is: presumably the
> priority setting is what it is for a reason...
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Amarok cannot play *.ra files
> + Amarok cannot play *.ra files with background sound
>
> --
> Amarok cannot play *.ra files with background sound
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/91500
>

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Anurag Mishra
Graduate Research Assistant,
Biological Systems Engineering,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA-24061.