QuodLibet (Flatpak) does not play ALAC and APE files

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QuodLibet 4.5.0-1 from Manjaro Official Community Repositories with gstreamer 1.20.5-1 on Manjaro 22.0.0 Sikaris, running the x86_64 Linux 6.1.1-1-MANJARO kernel plays ALAC and APE files on my system.

I run pipewire 0.3.63-1 with wireplumber 0.4.13-1 on wayland 1.21.0-2 and GNOME 43.2.

The Flatpak version 4.5.0 from Flathub does not play ALAC and APE files.

I am inexperienced with tracking down log output for Flatpak apps. When launching QuodLibet with flatpak run I do not get any output in the logs (nor wiht journalctl) when QuodLibet shows an error prompt when attempting to play ALAC or APE files.

I tried to install a bunch of gstreamer plugin packages but none of them resolved the issue for me.

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Why are trying to use the FlatPak version rather than the one from the repo? Especially if the one from the repo works.

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ROFLMAO

QuodLibet 4.5.0-1 from Manjaro Official Community Repositories plays ALAC and APE files.
Lovely, I love a binary package for FOSS software.

QhodLibet 4.5.0 Flatpak doesn’t work.
Who gives a toss? Why would anyone skip repos and get more bloated Flatpaks unless they want a function that isn’t working?

What is your question? I’m too stupid to get my head around this one…

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@Ben @NGr Hahaha, you are right! First, thanks for your replies guys! I appreciate your help!

I guess I’m too compulsive/stubborn sometimes. :wink: I started a while ago to manage everything that is GNOME and Manjaro via the official repositories and to all third party software via Flatpak. I don’t like the “space wasting” aspect of Flatpak either. However, I would still be interested to know why the Flatpak version cannot play ALAC files. :slight_smile:

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