Bug 152586

Summary: Amarok always uses KDE's HTTP proxy setting for streaming by default
Product: [Applications] amarok Reporter: Vanya <vanya>
Component: generalAssignee: Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
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Description Vanya 2007-11-20 10:45:26 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

Amarok always uses KDE's proxy by default. Changing it to empty one in Options dialog helps only for current Amarok session. After restarting it proxy remains the same - KDE's HTTP proxy.

I find HTTP proxing no so useful for streaming. In my case I am running HTTP proxy on the same host as Amarok player. And streaming through it adds extra overhead to my CPU caused by squid + Amarok. Also I often get some random (or not so random?) errors connecting to streams via proxy. Also track title don't work through proxy most of the times.

Specifying streaming  IPs/hosts manually in KDE proxy configuration as exceptions doesn't help. I must always manually clear the proxy host name in Amarok engine settings...
Comment 1 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-08-02 20:14:47 UTC 
Sorry, Amarok 1.4.x is not maintained anymore. The current stable version is Amarok 2.1.1, available in KDE 4.