Description of problem: After updating to the new 1.4.0 release, it won't play flac files. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.4.0-4.fc5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start Amarok 2.Try to load a .flac file Actual results: "These media could not be loaded into the playlist:" Expected results: Load and play the file Additional info: When amarok started, there was a message about the player switching to a new streaming engine or something. This probably has something to do with that. However, it needs to support all the file formats that were previously supported. If there's a different plugin available that will loaded to load .flac files, it should be a dependency so it is installed automatically when amarok is upgraded.
The flac format was supported by the gstreamer engine, which is not included in amarok 1.4 final (developer's decision). The Helix engine is still available, unfortunately it does not support flac yet. One of the solutions would be to install the xine engine, which can not be distributed by Fedora for software patents reasons. But you can find it in another repository if you don't live in a country which recognizes software patents. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 192802 ***