Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Windows

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Please report any bugs on https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=amarok

Dedicated Amarok installer

current version: Amarok 2.6.0
All in one, Windows-like installer. It contains all required dependencies:

Portable Amarok package

current version: Amarok 2.5.0-1
A portable package, it contains all required dependencies, to use it just extract it and run the amarok.bat:

The Portable package is still in a kind of beta so please test and give us your feedback!

Version history

2.6.0

  • Amarok 2.6.0  ;)
  • KDE 4.9.0
  • vlc 2.0.2
  • support for installing the localisations
  • translated installer
  • Solid improvements so you will get basic ums support, no transcoding no file management, no audio CD support

2.5-2

  • KDE 4.8.0
  • vlc 2.0.0
  • phonon 4.6.0
  • phonon-vlc 0.5.0

2.5-1

  • Fixed playback of files with non ascii characters in the name

2.5.0

  • Amarok 2.5.0 ;)
  • KDE 4.7.4
  • New installer style and improved install/uninstall
  • New script for the portable package

2.4.3-4

  • Fixed the damaged mysql files caused by strip -s, which lead to a non working collection, it also caused the Avira warning for echo.exe
  • Removed version number from installation path

2.4.3-3

  • Fixed crash on listening to last.fm radio
  • New startmenu shortcuts

2.4.3-2

  • Fixed memory leak in solid

Installation from Windows KDE

This is recommended if you plan to use other KDE aplications like Kate or Okular too.

  1. Visit Windows KDE and download the installer
  2. On the mirror page select winkde.org
  3. Select Amarok
  4. Click on continue
  5. Start listening to music with your favourite music player

Debugging

To get debug output and backtraces use DebugView: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx

For the 2.5.90 build you can download the unstriped build and run it within gdb, to get gdb download the mingw build MinGW-w64

Snarl/Growl Support

To enable Snarl or Growl support:

  1. In the Amarok settings dialog go to the section about Notifications and enable "Use system notifications"
  2. Start Snorenotify
  3. Then select your notification backend in the snore taskbar menu.


TODO

  1. i-pod support, building of libgpod is possible but device is not recognised by solid.
  2. ums recognition, fix solid
  3. upnp, sometimes the upnp collection is found but no tracks are available, most of the time upnp doesn't show up
  4. transcoding, work in progress, compile missing dependencies
  5. audiocd recognition, fix solid