Version: (using KDE KDE 3.4.3) Installed from: Gentoo Packages Compiler: gcc version 3.4.4 (Gentoo 3.4.4, ssp-3.4.4-1.0, pie-8.7.8) OS: Linux kfile seems to be unable to read mp3 metadata, while ogg metadata works great. When examining an mp3 kfile print some "servicetype not found" warnings on stderr.
Created attachment 13427 [details] output of kfile --av on an ogg file
Created attachment 13428 [details] output of kfile --av on an mp3 file
Created attachment 13429 [details] stderr of kfile --av on mp3 file
Created attachment 13430 [details] output of `emerge info`
This is most likely something messed up with your installation -- conflicting mime type handlers, plugin not installed, etc. Make sure that $KDEDIR/lib/kde3/kfile_mp3.[so/la] exists, where $KDEDIR is your KDE installation dir.
Acctualy kfile_mp3.so and .la excist in /usr/kde/3.4/lib/kde3/. But I think the issue is related to libs being build with different gcc versions (although I did a complete rebuild of kde with gcc-3.4). If there's no apperent cause it's probably a build error on my install. I can not test anymore because I switched from gentoo to kubuntu yesterday, which works perfectly, because I had to repartition root anyway. I could theoreticly still test, because I made an image of the gentoo root-partition, but kubuntu seems to work fine so I'll stick to it.
Closing for now...
Using KDE 3.5.1 installed from KDE-RedHat.sf.net, on CentOS 4 (RHEL4). taglib-1.4-1.2.el4.rf, id3lib-3.8.3-7.2.el4.rf, kfile_mp3 is in the right place, and testing on MP3 files that have ID3 tags. I am experiencing this problem. This is a raw ID3 display: $ id3info R.E.M.\ -\ 01\ -\ Drive.mp3 *** Tag information for R.E.M. - 01 - Drive.mp3 === TIT2 (Title/songname/content description): Drive === TPE1 (Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)): R.E.M. === TALB (Album/Movie/Show title): Automatic For The People === TYER (Year): 1992 === COMM (Comments): ()[XXX]: YEAR: 1992 ID3G: 17 === TCON (Content type): rock === TRCK (Track number/Position in set): 1 === COMM (Comments): (ID3v1 Comment)[XXX]: YEAR: 1992 ID3G: 17 *** mp3 info MPEG1/layer III Bitrate: 192KBps Frequency: 44KHz In contrast with the (pretty empty) kfile output: $ kfile -av R.E.M.\ -\ 01\ -\ Drive.mp3 R.E.M. - 01 - Drive.mp3: MPEG Layer 3 Audio (audio/x-mp3) -- /mnt/media/Musica/Novo/R.E.M/R.E.M. - Automatic For The People 192 Kbps/R.E.M. - 01 - Drive.mp3 =All Values= General: Name: (no value for key available) This is reflected to the way Konqueror display metainfo in the 'Info List View'. I have exactly the same problem for Ogg files.