Re: amarok hangs

[Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de>]

On Wednesday 19 December 2007, Adam Porter wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> > I really like amarok, am finding however that it is hanging often on
> > playback. Saw no bug reports on the version in unstable, I am running an
> > otherwise testing system (uprgaded to the unstable version in the hopes
> > that the problem was resolved in b2).
>
> If the bug is reported against testing, but not marked as fixed, it's
> probably still present in the unstable version.
>
> I think most of Amarok's problems stem from libxine.  Xine hangs sometimes
> when it gets a stream or a file it doesn't like.  Of course, it would be
> nice if Amarok could gracefully handle situations like this.  In the
> future, Amarok2 will use GStreamer.  Until then, use the latest versions of
> Amarok and libxine, and if it happens repeatedly, see if you can figure out
> with which streams and/or files.

Thanks for the info and hint!!

It seems to sometimes hang in the middle of different songs, I have always 
when playing mp3 files.  I haven't really noticed any one particular file 
that causes problems. I do listen to some internet streams, but haven't 
noticed anything.

Could it have something to do with the sound module?  It sometimes makes a 
quiet "click" sound when it hangs, other times it just stops.

Chris

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C. Hurschler