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amarok package

No available decoder.

Asked by PaulE

I installed kubuntu edgy from cd; installed all updates, installed amarok and attempted to play a flac file and received the following error:
Error Loading Media
There is no available decoder.

I found and loaded the Amarok 1.4.5 update and experienced the same results.

I found and attempted to install the solution of 2006-12-05 and the files cannot be found.

Is there a solution to this problem?

THANKS for your help.

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Sakumatti Luukkonen (sakumatti-luukkonen) said : 		#1

You need to install libxine-extracodecs.

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PaulE (paule) said : 		#2

Thanks for the response!

The multiverse repository was selected, but when I searched for libxine-extracodecs it did not appear.I then searched for and found a page that put me on the trail of the libxine-extracodecs (http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/libs/libxine-extracodecs.) I downloaded and installed (dpkg --install libxine-extracodecs_1.1.1+ubuntu1-2_i386.deb) the codecs, started Amarok, attempted to play a flac file and received the same error message.

I have the following libraries loaded:
libxine-extracodecs, libxine-main1, libxine1 and libxinerama1.

If there is any other information I can offer, please let me know.

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Best PaulE (paule) said : 		#3

I did a little more and closer looking and found that I downloaded and installed the wrong version. I installed the correct version and it works.

THANKS again for your help. It got me to the solution!

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tomk (usrtom1) said : 		#4

I'm wondering if I'm getting my money's worth with this free software. Can't play a radio stream either. Seems like I need a library; but am uncertain on the process.

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Shadowcaster (labluedead) said : 		#5

Not sure about the buntu repos, but in Debian libxine-extracodecs was replaced with libxine1-ffmpeg. Solved my problem with amarok.

Simply install it via Synaptic or use

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

in the cosole.

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jdbholmes (sjehutch) said : 		#6

I fixed this on ubuntu hardy x86 on a dell dimension 5150 by using sudo apt-get install libxine*

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fbraun (fbraun) said : 		#7

no need to install libxine* ;)

on intrepid:
 sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

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Roshith (eshanka) said : 		#8

Thank for all of you. Solved my problem with Amarok.