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Re: Amarok. Streaming Internet radio stops playing after 12secs



On 13/03/2008, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> I've hardly ever used Amarok, but as someone had a problem getting a stream to
>  play http://streaming.wrfg.org , I thought I'd give it a go.
>
>  The stream after buffering plays ok, but only for between 10-12 secs, then the
>  sound stops, and the analyser freezes. The seconds are still ticking by, and
>  Gkrellm shows the stream is still coming in from the Internet, but no sound.
>
>  Stopping the playback, and restarting it, again buffers up, and plays for a
>  few seconds.
>
>  It appears to be a problem with the buffering. Amarok after filling the buffer
>  plays the stream, but the buffer is not being refilled, and as soon as the
>  buffer is empty the sound stops.
>
>  I did also try other Internet radio sites on Amarok's playlist. I'm on dialup,
>  so tried one that should be ok for dialup users, but same result.
>
>  I tried an .ogg music file, and that played with no problems.
>
>  Thinking it might be a problem with Amarok on Debian Lenny, I also installed
>  Amarok on my Archlinux install, but with the same results.
>
>  Anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem might be?
>
>  Nigel.

Tested in Amarok 1.4.7 on Ubuntu 7.04, and it works fine. Garbage
talk, but it works!

Dotan Cohen

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