Bug 131983

Summary: streams sometimes won't play ("No suitable demux plugin")
Product: [Applications] amarok Reporter: Ben Saylor <bensaylor>
Component: generalAssignee: Amarok Developers <amarok-bugs-dist>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.4.2-beta1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Ben Saylor 2006-08-07 06:55:52 UTC 
Version:           1.4.2-beta1 (using KDE 3.5.3, Debian Package 4:3.5.3-1 (testing/unstable))
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.15-rt15

Often when I try to play a stream, I get a short delay and then the message:

Error Loading Media
No suitable demux plugin. This often means that the file format is not supported.
http://stillstream.com:8000/ [or whichever stream]

After one or more repeated attempts, the stream will play.  I am using libxine 1.1.1-2 from Debian testing.
Comment 1 Mark Kretschmann 2006-08-07 08:23:46 UTC 
That's a known xine-lib issue.
Comment 2 Daniel Hahler 2007-05-19 16:37:41 UTC 
What is the issue exactly?
Is there anything that can be done to fix this?
Maybe amarok could try to e.g. "restart the stream" 3 times, before failing completely - if this is a known, wrong error with libxine.

This bug in Launchpad for Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/94047
Comment 3 Mark Kretschmann 2007-05-19 16:56:36 UTC 
> What is the issue exactly? 

xinelib bug

> Is there anything that can be done to fix this?

No.

Wait until xinelib 1.2 release; they're trying to fix this issue.