Bug 162443

Summary:	Does not play FLAC
Product:	[Applications] juk	Reporter:	Chris <seahen123>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Scott Wheeler <wheeler>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	mpyne
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Chris 2008-05-22 01:28:11 UTC

Version:           2.3.5 (using 3.5.9, Kubuntu (hardy) 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu7.1)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-16-generic

FLAC files do not play. When a FLAC file comes up on the playlist, all buttons except Play become disabled, the Play button does nothing, and the playlist does not advance. (The metadata displays just fine.) In juk-kde4 I did not have this problem, but I cannot go back to juk-kde4 until bug 233842 is fixed.

The FLAC codec is definitely installed, since I can rip CDs to FLAC using KAudioCreator.

Tried installing libarts1-xine; still doesn't work.

Comment 1 Michael Pyne 2010-05-10 06:00:23 UTC

There are two requirements for file playback. Playback has to be supported by the backend (either aRts, gstreamer, or aKode), and the file type has to be supported by taglib.

The fact that the file showed up in the list means it is supported by taglib. If it doesn't play you can try selecting a different backend from the Player menu (Player -> Output To). Make sure whichever backend you use supports FLAC playback (and it's not as simple as being able to encode FLAC unfortunately).