I just upgraded from Amarok 1.3.x to 1.4.0a, but Amarok doesn't play realplayer streams any more! It looks like I'm not the only one having this problem, see http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-465118.html (he says it doesn't play WMA streams too). Here is my use flags summary (as you see I correctly used the "real" use flag): # equery uses amarok [ Searching for packages matching amarok... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for media-sound/amarok-1.4.0a ] U I - - aac : Enables support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio - - arts : Adds support for aRts: the KDE sound daemon - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too - - exscalibar : Enable moodbar/exscalibar support + + flac : Adds support for the flac audio codec - - ifp : Enable support for iRiver devices access through libifp - - ipod : Enable support for iPod devices access through libgpod + + kde : Adds support for kde-base/kde (K Desktop Enviroment) + + musicbrainz : Enable support for MusicBrainz audio lookups (musicbrainz.org) - - mysql : Adds mySQL Database support - - noamazon : Disable support for downloading covers from amazon.com - - opengl : Adds support for OpenGL (3D graphics) - - postgres : Adds support for the postgresql database + + real : Build with real/helix player support - - visualization : Support visualization plugins through media-libs/libvisual - - xinerama : Add support for the xinerama X11 extension, which allows you to stretch your display across multiple monitors - - xmms : Check/Support for XMMS (X MultiMedia System) player
amaroK _never_ plays stream by itself, what it does is relying on engines to do the work. Which engine are you using? by default xine will be used, also if you have real useflag enabled (which does not enable realaudio streams but the helix engine); the helix engine using realplayer should work. xine-lib requires the real useflag enabled. Basically, provide more informantion, please.
(In reply to comment #1) > Which engine are you using? by default xine will be used, also if you have real > useflag enabled (which does not enable realaudio streams but the helix engine); > the helix engine using realplayer should work. > xine-lib requires the real useflag enabled. I was using xine engine. I tried switching to helix one: it nicely plays MP3s but still no luck with my stream. Anyway xine-lib has no "real" useflag, the only ebuilds having "real" useflag are these: http://gentoo-portage.com/Search?search=&use=real I can also tell you that the stream (http://www.radioradicale.it/ram/live_audio.ram) plays nicely using both Kaffeine and Kmplayer (using xine as player engine, of course). Here is some other info you could be interested in: # equery uses xine-lib [ Searching for packages matching xine-lib... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2_pre20060328-r6 ] U I + + X : Adds support for X11 + + a52 : Enables support for decoding ATSC A/52 streams used in DVD + + aac : Enables support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio - - aalib : Adds support for media-libs/aalib (ASCII-Graphics Library) + + alsa : Adds support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) - - altivec : Adds support for optimizations for G4 and G5/ppc970 processors + + arts : Adds support for aRts: the KDE sound daemon + + asf : Support for ASF demuxer (required for win32codecs) - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add - set FEATURES=nostrip too - - directfb : Adds support for DirectFB layer (library for FB devices) - - dts : Enables libdts (DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder) support + + dvd : Adds support for DVDs - - dxr3 : Support for DXR3 mpeg accelleration cards - - esd : Adds support for media-sound/esound (Enlightened Sound Daemon) - - fbcon : Adds framebuffer support for the console, via the kernel - - ffmpeg : Enable ffmpeg support - - flac : Adds support for the flac audio codec - - gnome : Adds GNOME support - - imagemagick : Enables support for Imagemagick (image converter) - - ipv6 : Adds support for IP version 6 - - libcaca : Add support for colored ASCII-art graphics + + mad : Adds support for mad (high-quality mp3 decoder library and cli frontend) - - mng : Adds support for libmng (MNG images) - - modplug : Build with modplug support - - nls : Adds Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) - - opengl : Adds support for OpenGL (3D graphics) - - oss : Adds support for OSS (Open Sound System) - - samba : Adds support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing) + + sdl : Adds support for Simple Direct Layer (media library) + + speex : Adds support for the speex audio codec + + theora : Adds support for the Theora Video Compression Codec - - v4l : Enables video4linux support - - vcd : Video CD support - - video_cards_i810 : <unknown> - - video_cards_nvidia : <unknown> - - video_cards_via : <unknown> - - vidix : Support for vidix video output + + vorbis : Adds support for the OggVorbis audio codec + + win32codecs : use win32codecs package for dll avi decoding support (wmv and what not) - - xinerama : Add support for the xinerama X11 extension, which allows you to stretch your display across multiple monitors + + xv : Adds in optional support for the Xvideo extension (an X API for video playback) - - xvmc : Support for XVideo Motion Compensation (accelerated mpeg playback) # equery uses win32codecs [ Searching for packages matching win32codecs... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for media-libs/win32codecs-20050216 ] U I + + quicktime : Adds support for OpenQuickTime + + real : Installs the real video codecs # equery uses realplayer [ Searching for packages matching realplayer... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for media-video/realplayer-10.0.7 ] U I + + nsplugin : Builds plugins for Netscape compatible browsers
