Amarok intermittently gives the error "no suitable demux plugin found" when trying to play remote streams/files

I had experienced an almost similar problem:

1) start playing an stream (playlist gets populated with stream)
2) stop
3) network settings change (get a new IP via dhcp or laptop hibernates and comes back up)
4) try to play the same item in *PLAYLIST*
           --> error
5) delete the contents of playlist
6) drag the stream back onto playlist
7) Amarok will play it with no issues

This makes me think it could also be KIOSlave problem. Probably this is more of an Amarok issue than a Kubuntu issue.

I am also seeing this issue, for amarok 1.4.5-0ubuntu7 in feisty. Opening a stream results in the error dialog. After clicking on a local mp3 file in the playlist and then trying the stream again, it plays ok.

i can confirm.
Amarok 1.4.5 kubuntu Feisty

I can confirm this bug

I've removed the duplicated mark because maybe is not the same but somehow related.

maybe this bug has something to do with:

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130709

and with:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/kdepim/+bug/70981

I can confirm this bug. Some times when opening a stream from my list of stations (I only ever listen to the IPv4 unicast streams from this site, if that helps you debugging: http://media.hiof.no/scripts/stream_details.php ) i get the error, clicking the same stream or another stream opens up fine. I think it's always the first time I open the stream there's a problem

Also confirming the bug because I want to follow the progress. I get the same error while trying to open the radio stream CBC Radio 2: http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr2-toronto.asx
I've got all the correct codecs installed. The stream plays fine in Rhythmbox.

This is probably the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120732 and should be treated likewise.

If realplayer plays it, try the helix engine. If xine-ui or xine on the command line also doesn't play it, it's a xine issue, and should be assigned as such.

I have tried this

xine "http://www.jamendo.com/get/track/id/album/audio/play/3699/?item_o=track_no_asc&n=all"

It doesnt work. Its a bug in xine.

I can confirm this bug.
Amarok 1.4
Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, 2.6.22-12-generic
x86_64, AMD Athlon 64 2.2 Mhz,
Geforce 6600 GT AGP,
1go RAM.

Playlists/Podcasts right clic Add Podcast... RSS link http://radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast/rss_16496.xml
OK
But when I clic on my podcast : Error Loading Media No suitable demux plugin. This often means that the file format is not supported.

I don't think Amarok have download any mp3 file at all.

I can confirm that this bug is still present in the latest Amarok in Ubuntu Hardy Heron Alpha 6.
Steps to reproduce: attempt listening to any IPv4 unicast stream from here: http://media.hiof.no/scripts/stream_details.php

The first stream will not play, error message displayed. The next attempt will work.

This is not an Amarok bug as you can read in the upstream bug report about this.
Marking as invalid for Amarok therefore. This needs to be fixed in Xine.

Thank you for your report.

By the way, this means: go poke Xine. If you don't report it, they can't/won't fix it.

Reassigning to xine-lib then.

@Jeff/Lydia, thanks for digging a bit deeper to find the source of the problem. However, for the end user, your replies don't help much. "go poke Xine"? I'm a user (albeit maybe a "power user") but there are numerous other users too having subscribed to / contributed to this bug. How can we "poke Xine"? The above SourceForge link now reports:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1266858&group_id=9655&atid=109655
"ERROR

Artifact: This Artifact Has Been Made Private. Only Group Members Can View Private ArtifactTypes. "

I'm happy for this bug to be triaged "Low" or lower, but don't fob the problem off and make it users' responsibility to chase it further? Please advise how we can help?

I don't know, maybe do a Google search for "xine", click on the top result which takes you to the Xine home page, and click on the Mailing Lists link.

http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=9655

I have no idea what URL you're pointing to above.

>> I have no idea what URL you're pointing to above.

It's the link to the bug at SourceForge in the table of related bugs at the top of the Launchpad page, where it says "sf #1266858".

@Adam: Xine changed their bugtracker recently so this link is probably invalid.
As it is now assigned to xinelib in Ubuntu it will be taken care of there and hopefully linked to the right xine bugreport.

Thank you for your report.

Thank you amarok!!
I never got the mp3 stream working, but in the meaning I re-discovered Beepx media player, and now I'm quite happy with it! Everything work just the way it's supposed to!!

Since this is a confirmed xine problem and not a problem in amarok, I am invalidating the amarok task.