Bug 197927

Summary:	Remote media not seekable (xine backend)
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] Phonon	Reporter:	Remco vd Zon <theunknowncylon>
Component:	Xine backend	Assignee:	Matthias Kretz <kretz>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	amarok-bugs-dist, flavio.tordini, mnurolcay, mursusoft, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.3.0 (KDE 4.2.0)
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Remco vd Zon 2009-06-26 07:39:44 UTC

Version:           2.1.1 (using 4.2.4 (KDE 4.2.4) "release 2", KDE:42 / openSUSE_11.1)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.27.23-0.1-default

When a song is streamed via the web, the player does not allow one to search the music. The bar is simply disabled.

Also, there is no indication about the length of the song. (Other players, like VLC, do detect the length of the same song, and enable searching).

Reproduce:
Playlist -> Add Stream -> Fill in an MP3 (for example http://www.amy-lee.de/music/Haunted%202.mp3 ).

Expetected Behavoir.
* The length of the song should be set
* The player-bar should be 'growing' when more time elapses
* I can click somewhere in the player-bar, and music will be played at that time.

Screenie:
 http://i39.tinypic.com/15x4uj4.png

Comment 1 Mark Kretschmann 2009-06-26 15:56:58 UTC

Amarok delegates all playback to Phonon (a KDE multimedia framework), which then delegates to other libraries.

Ergo, if Phonon reports that a file is not seekable, then Amarok unfortunately can't do it either.


Reassigning the report to Phonon.

Comment 2 Remco vd Zon 2009-08-24 17:45:01 UTC

Any news on this?

Comment 3 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-11-08 22:12:56 UTC

We would need a bit more information:
* Which phonon backend are you using?
* Can you reproduce this with current KDE 4.3.3 and Amarok 2.2.0 or later?

Comment 4 Flavio 2009-11-09 10:20:19 UTC

I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 and the GStreamer backend is able to seek remote media. The Xine backend still cannot seek though.

Comment 5 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-11-09 16:13:31 UTC

Thanks for the information. Changing to wish, since this is a non-implemented feature of this backend.

Comment 6 mursusoft 2009-12-15 20:44:15 UTC

Phonon-xine can't also seek Minitube's (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Minitube?content=111068 brilliant app IMO) streamed youtube videos. Phonon-gstreamer seeks them just fine.

Comment 7 Mehmet Nur Olcay 2010-04-02 01:25:13 UTC

ping ?

Comment 8 Harald Sitter 2011-01-13 21:52:36 UTC

The xine backend is running out of maintenance and wishlist items will no longer be implemented.
Therefore I am closing this bug report. Thanks anyway.