Bug 281163 - File browser does not show *.m4a files
Summary: File browser does not show *.m4a files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 268896
Alias: None
Product: amarok
Classification: Applications
Component: File Browser (show other bugs)
Version: 2.4.3
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 2.5
Assignee: Amarok Developers
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Reported: 2011-09-01 10:44 UTC by Lyall
Modified: 2011-09-25 10:09 UTC (History)
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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Well,the xine backend is outdated and unmaintained, you should try the vlc backend instead.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 ***