"Amarok (1.4) in Kubuntu/Ubuntu 8.10 offered this option".
Right, you are comparing apples with oranges here: Amarok 2 is something totally new, filing a regression for an application which has not even a common codebase with the 1.4.x series and never had this option is a bit strange, don't you think?
Also, the option you describe is particular to gstreamer IIRC, and Amarok 2.0.2 doesn't use gstreamer directly, it uses phonon. I don't think this is an Amarok bug at all, but a distribution specific bug for mp3 codecs.
"Amarok (1.4) in Kubuntu/Ubuntu 8.10 offered this option".
Right, you are comparing apples with oranges here: Amarok 2 is something totally new, filing a regression for an application which has not even a common codebase with the 1.4.x series and never had this option is a bit strange, don't you think?
Also, the option you describe is particular to gstreamer IIRC, and Amarok 2.0.2 doesn't use gstreamer directly, it uses phonon. I don't think this is an Amarok bug at all, but a distribution specific bug for mp3 codecs.