Bug 281163

Summary:	File browser does not show *.m4a files
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Lyall <lyall>
Component:	File Browser	Assignee:	Amarok Developers <amarok-bugs-dist>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	lyall, nhn
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.4.3
Target Milestone:	2.5
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Lyall 2011-09-01 10:44:29 UTC

Version:           2.4.3 (using KDE 4.6.5) 
OS:                Linux

File browser shows mp3 files but does not show m4a files.
Existing m4a files in my collection database play, they just do not appear in the file browser.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Files -> Browse to folder containing *.m4a audio 

Actual Results:  
No m4a files show

Expected Results:  
m4a shows to be visible

Files are on an NTFS filesystem, mounted using ntfs-3g.

/etc/fstab mount info as follows :-

LABEL="D_Drive"         /mnt/d_drive    ntfs-3g         defaults,gid=ntfs,umask=0,umask=007,nls=utf8,silent,exec                1 2

Comment 1 Myriam Schweingruber 2011-09-02 21:20:04 UTC

Which Phonon backend are you using? Try switching backend, that might help

Comment 2 Lyall 2011-09-24 05:26:13 UTC

Was using gstreamer 4.5.0 back-end, switched to xine 4.4.4, no difference.

m4a files still do not show in file view. They still play and show in the local collection, however.

Comment 3 Myriam Schweingruber 2011-09-24 10:06:23 UTC

Well,the xine backend is outdated and unmaintained, you should try the vlc backend instead.

Comment 4 Lyall 2011-09-25 00:17:52 UTC

I only get the choice of Xine and GStreamer - both of which exhibit the same behaviour.
I have VLC installed on my machine.
I am using Gentoo 64 bit - I see no use build flags about vlc on the ebuild.
How do I add VLC to make it an option?
I don't use KDE desktop, I use fluxbox.

Comment 5 Myriam Schweingruber 2011-09-25 08:55:57 UTC

Did you try installing it? the package name is phonon-backend-vlc

Comment 6 Lyall 2011-09-25 09:01:17 UTC

Installed gentoo package media-libs/phonon-vlc - m4a files now show up in the file browser.

Thanks.

I suspect this could be considered a work around, what about xine backend not showing *.m4a files?

Comment 7 Myriam Schweingruber 2011-09-25 10:09:41 UTC

Please see comment #3, his is a workaround for a phonon-backend-gstreamer bug though.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 268896 ***