Thread: PW4 Sox Media Player v2 KUAL extension
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Old 05-30-2025, 12:01 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Hubris View Post
Hey everyone,

I’m running a Kindle Paperwhite 4 (10th Gen) on the latest HF firmware (5.16.x and higher). I’ve been trying to get the Sox Media Player working (both v1 and v2), but I keep running into issues.

With Sox v2, Python 3.11 is required. I tried installing the latest Python 3.11 build for HF devices, but it fails on my PW4 with “illegal instruction” errors. It seems the build was tested only on Kindle 11th gen and isn’t compatible with GEN 10 (PW4).
With Sox v1, it doesn’t play audio at all. It seems my Kindle firmware lacks the necessary ALSA or GStreamer libraries, or the build isn’t compatible with the HF libraries used in newer firmware.
Can you play an Audible book on your PW4? If so, the Gstreamer libraries are installed as that is how they are played.

If you can't play an Audible book then you simply don't have audio support on that particular model.

Dave
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