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Hello! I've recently made the switch from windows .... well technically i still run on both .... but anyway....... I'm having troubles with AmaroK 1.3 for SUSE 10.0 and the song will play... but then will not proceed to the next song!! It just stops playing all together..... so any ideas here ?? Thanks a bunch!!!

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Short expert note: the symptom reported by (a single track plays and Amarok then stops) — echoed by — is a well‑known class of Amarok playback issues. Common, non‑mystical causes are: only one playlist item being selected (Amarok will then play only that item), the playlist’s “Stop Playing After This Track” marker, or a backend/codec problem (Phonon/GStreamer/VLC/Xine) or crossfading/settings interaction. See the Amarok playlist docs and other user reports for the same behaviour. LinuxQuestions thread · Amarok playlist manual. (linuxquestions.org)

Quick diagnostic checklist (order the checks to isolate the cause): (1) Make a real playlist (add the whole album or use Ctrl+A to select all) rather than starting playback from a single highlighted row — a single selection will play once and stop. (2) Right‑click the current track in the Playlist pane and confirm “Stop Playing After This Track” is not set. (3) Temporarily disable crossfading/crossfade settings. (4) Switch Amarok’s audio backend: Settings → Configure Amarok → Playback → Configure Phonon → Backend; test VLC/xine versus GStreamer (Phonon/GStreamer has historical bugs that can stop automatic track changes). (5) Try an alternate player (Kaffeine, VLC) as suggested to see whether the problem is Amarok-specific or system/codec related. Configure/Backend docs · GStreamer/Phonon bug reports. (userbase.kde.org)

To capture what’s happening when the track change fails, run Amarok from a terminal with debugging enabled and save the final output lines for inspection or a bug report:

amarok --debug

The Amarok debugging how‑to describes collecting useful console output and backtraces for developers. Amarok debugging guide. (community.kde.org)

Practical note: switching to another backend (or a lightweight player) is the fastest workaround while gathering debug output or upgrading Amarok/packages. This keeps music playing and helps identify whether the issue is Amarok’s playlist behavior, the Phonon backend, or missing/buggy codec plugins.

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Um Is there not anyone who knows anything about this here??? I know I'm stupid at this aspect... but isn't there ome simple way to get it to automatically proceed to the next song? I would like not to have to use Windows as much in the music aspect.... thanks again!

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Did you ever figure this one out? I am trying amaroK as well and experiencing the same thing.

Guess I'll use Kaffeine as XMMS seems to be borked as well.

Jeff

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