#36818: Amarok cannot play any audio files / phonon backend missing -------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: hugo.at.ribeiro@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Keywords: | Port: -------------------------------+-------------------------------- After starting amarok, the program gives the following warning {{{ Phonon claims it cannot play mp3 files. You may want to examine the installation of the backend that phonon uses. }}} In reality, amarok won't play any audio file (wav, ogg, etc... ) Starting amarok with debug options shows the following warnings {{{ WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded WARNING: Phonon::createPath: Cannot connect Phonon::MediaObject ( no objectName ) to Phonon::AudioOutput ( no objectName ). WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded WARNING: bool Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend() phonon backend plugin could not be loaded }}} After searching in my system for "phonon", I couldn't find any phonon backend. Specially, there is no trace of phonon-qt7 or any other backend. Since qt4-mac is now configured with -no-phonon and -no-phonon-backend, one would probably need to install the backend separately. Can a port for phonon-qt7 be created? (Eventually, if it works it would be nice to also have phonon-vlc and phonon-gstreamer). Should the backends eventually be variants of phonon itself? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36818> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS