Amarok used to be my go-to music player back in the day. It was nice to see it being resurrected. My initial impressions are that while it is still rough around the edges, it works as expected for the most part.
How do I link my last.fm account to Amarok? I see the plugin is enabled but there is no config option that I can see.
There should be a settings button for last.fm in the plugin list in Amarok settings, as shown in attached screenshot.
That’s what I was expecting but I don’t see settings buttons for any of those plugins. Here’s what I see:
Are there any dependencies that don’t get installed automatically? If so, what should I install?
Interesting. There was a bug in Qt6 builds (fixed some days ago in git master) that caused the plugins’ settings buttons to not appear, but I assume that you are using normal Qt5 build. I wonder if the settings button is also missing for fresh Qt5 based installs and I just didn’t ever encounter that due to some older leftover files.
Here’s what I am running:
I just installed it from Discover. I am running KDE Neon with all the latest updates.
Operating System: KDE neon 6.2
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-51-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 24 Ă— AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7D13
System Version: 1.0
My Qt version is 6.8.1. Does it matter that it is not Qt5?
Okay, thank you for the details. I guess there’s a bug with those settings buttons in 3.2.0 also on Qt5 versions, then (unless the user happens to have some leftover files from an earlier version)
Fixed in git master already, I think (will check if I can reproduce with a clean installation). Maybe it makes sense to ship a 3.2.1 in January already, there are also some other small bugfixes ready for delivery.
Thanks! I also noticed that the currently playing track font size is huge as shown below. May be it will go away after the update to 3.2.1?
It tries to fill the applet, so the font size scales depending on the lengths of the track details.
(You can also try widening the context area a bit, so the rating starts will layout on the right side of the text, and the font will be smaller then)
People have very differing tastes on how the current track applet should look, and it’s width and height can vary a lot, so it’s probably not possible to find a single layout that suits everyone. More manual customizability for it is probably something to work on in Amarok 4.
Thanks again. It’s a cosmetic issue and doesn’t bother me that much. I don’t remember this to be behavior back in the day. Was it always like this?
One solution may be to set min and max font sizes so that the display doesn’t change wildly depending on the lengths of the track details.
Ok, just verified that the bug is indeed there for all 3.2.0 users who don’t happen to have some leftover files from earlier Amarok versions, not just Qt6 builds. Will be fixed by 3.2.1 in a week or two.
Your memory is very correct. All the context applets have been rewritten since Amarok 2.9 due to technical changes required, and their behaviour might differ somewhat (or a lot). (Most of the awesome groundwork for them was done by Malte Veerman in 2018, I did some fine-tuning of visuals last year.)
There actually is a maximum font size, but maybe it could be slightly smaller if the rating stars are under the texts and not next to them, so it will be less cramped. I’ll test around a bit.
Just for ideas: Typography | Developer
