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Common Problems

“No decoder found for (filename)”

There is no plugin installed for the type of file you are trying to play. If you installed Audacious through a package manager, you may need to install additional plugin packages and/or optional dependencies. If you compiled Audacious from source, some plugins may not have been compiled because of missing library dependencies. Run ./configure for audacious-plugins and look for any lines in the output that read “checking for (library name)… no.” Install those libraries, run ./configure again, and then recompile audacious-plugins.

The GTK interface is ugly and doesn’t fit it with my desktop theme

Audacious uses the GTK+ 3.x toolkit. If your desktop is using GTK+ 2.x (XFCE, Gnome 2.x) or Qt (KDE), you need to install and configure a theme for GTK+ 3.x.

Window positions are wrong in the Winamp Classic interface

(That is, after closing and restarting Audacious, or after minimizing and restoring, some of the player windows have moved.) This is a bug in your window manager. Ask the developers to fix it or use a different window manager.