Amarok/Manual/Various/TroubleshootingAndCommonProblems
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Problems installing - bad packages, difficulties building from source
Problems starting up - corrupt playlist, config files, database
Problems scanning - corrupt tags, how to find the bad file, amarokcollectionscanner from the console: http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Batch_Mode
Proper tagging: Kid3, EasyTag, Picard
No sound, or bad sound -- Phonon backends, PulseAudio
Amarok skips over tracks, or appears to play them without sound
I write a tag, but Amarok doesn't save it - You may have permissions problems. Try
chown -R username folder/
How to make a backup of database (statistics) and config files: copy HOME/.kde/share/apps/amarok and $HOME/.kde/share/config/amarok* folders
How to run Amarok from the command line:
amarok -d --nofork
Amarok crashes, but Dr. Konqi doesn't pop up -- run in gdb:
gdb --args amarok --debug --nofork
, run, <wait for crash>, bt
How to file a bug
How to get personal support with problems: IRC (#amarok on Freenode IRC), Forum: http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=127, List: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok