Rhythbox slow start - 23sec before window

[AndreK]

Rhythbox, on a quad-core workstation with SSD, no local music (using smba share.)
All settings deleted, as described http://askubuntu.com/questions/7979/how-can-i-reset-all-rhythmbox-preferences-and-library-information.

I did also purg rhythmbox and reinstalled it. - we are speaking about no songs in library.

- still over twenty seconds from I click a mp3, or just start the application, till the window is displayed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: rhythmbox 2.97-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 14 09:12:17 2012
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-17 (27 days ago)

[AndreK (andre-k)]

I am unable to correct the typo in title. (Rhythmbox)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[ctrl (dario-dariocorti)]

Same for me, and I think it's because I'm on a .local domain and I uninstalled mdns daemon to get rid of the usual warning, and the DAAP plugin is waiting for it with a (guess) 25 sec timeout. Workaround: disable DAAP plugin.

Here is the log (Demone non in esecuzione means daemon not running)

(21:43:55) [0xcdb010] [extension_added_cb] rb-shell.c:900: activating extension Condivisione musicale DAAP

(rhythmbox:15494): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to start mDNS browsing: MDNS service is not running
(21:43:55) [0xcdb010] [rb_find_plugin_data_file] rb-file-helpers.c:269: found '/usr/share/rhythmbox/plugins/daap/daap-ui.xml' when searching for file 'daap-ui.xml' for plugin 'Condivisione musicale DAAP'

(rhythmbox:15494): libdmapsharing-WARNING **: Unable to initialize mDNS: Demone non in esecuzione
(21:44:20) [0xcdb010] [libdmapsharing_debug] rb-daap-plugin.c:619: Starting DACP server

Hope it helps.