SUMMARY Kalarm does not play any sounds with any audio files. I cannot reproduce this on any other system with the same audio files. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open kalarm 2. Open an alarm and hit "try", alternatively the alarm will not play naturally either. OBSERVED RESULT Kalarm plays no sound and if observed in the terminal it gives the output: org.kde.pim.kalarm: AudioPlayer::play: Failed to play sound with canberra: File or data corrupt EXPECTED RESULT Kalarm plays the audio file with no issue SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch linux, kernel 6.8.2-arch2-1 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Kalarm works in a manjaro VM with the same audio file and alarm.ics file.
What audio format are the files which you have tested? Is it the same version of KAlarm in the Manjaro VM?
I am not able to reproduce the problem in KDE Neon, KAlarm 3.8.1.2 I created a new alarm and used "/usr/share/sounds/oxygen/stereo/alarm-clock-elapsed.ogg" When I click Try I hear the sound Can you attach the sound file you're trying to use to this bug report?
KAlarm has now been converted to use the VLC library to play sound files, which will hopefully fix this bug. The fix will be in KAlarm version 3.9, which will be in the KDE Gear 24.08 release. Commit https://invent.kde.org/pim/kalarm/-/commit/a3ce5043f2074829156f414cc32075579b3bbf94