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!
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