Version: 1.4.0 (using KDE KDE 3.5.3) Installed from: Gentoo Packages OS: Linux I can't seek in some FLAC files using Amarok' xine engine. I don't have gstreamer to test it. First of all some FLACs work (looks that it's FLAC dependent, not random). The "broken" FLAC files behave like this: when I move a slider to some position (say 70%) it jumps back to its current position (or a few seconds forward). When I move it several times it moves to 70%, time passes, visualization works but there's no sound output.
Well that would be a xine-lib bug then, we have no influence on it. Please report it there.
This bug has been submitted on Xine Bug Tracking System as Bug #1161316: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1161316&group_id=9655&atid=109655 Is there any known workaround?
Using 1.1.2_pre20060606-r3 version of xine-lib some FLACs STILL don't allow to seek. I think reencoding them (decoding -> WAV and encoding -> FLAC) would be a workaround. However I haven't tried it yet.
My workaround is to use the aRts engine in Amarok. It's working fine ;-)
Strange... time passes and this bug still persists. Even on my home-brew FLAC files, so re-encoding would not help them, cause they were encoded off original CDs Using gentoo with following versions: flac-1.1.2-r4 xine-lib-1.1.2-r1 amarok-1.4.3 Is there any working solution with xine (i am not willing to use other backend)?
Re-encoding the "bad" FLACs (decoding -> WAV and encoding -> FLAC) is a workaround. I have tried this.
It appears that no one @xine cares about this issue. I saw two bug reports concerning this, and one dates back to 2005. Unfortunately I have little choice in choosing the backends - for some reason, the port maintainer for amarok on freebsd disabled other backends. Probably there were problems with others as well (though good old arts engine always worked for me).
for what it's worth... flac file encoded with kaudiocreator seem to work ok. This program uses: flac --best flac files encoded using k3b don't work (I tested the same file with both programs). This program uses: flac -V -o %f --force-raw-format --endian=big --channels=2 --sample-rate=44100 --sign=signed --bps=16
This bug is not solved. I have Ubuntu Feisty Fawn & Amarok 1.4.6 and I got the same problem(s)! Rhythmbox on the other side works just fine with FLAC, that's why I'm considering to quit using Amarok.
For a solution see this thread: http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,13977.0.html
Just to add my vote here. I moved all my collection to flac (re-ripping all the cds) and it's now almost unusable with amarok. I don't think adding metaflac --add-seekpoint=10s t each file is a solution, they play fine with vlc and scanning isn't slow at all.
You can seek if you use another engine instead the xine engine