Rhythmbox can't resume play on (m4a) podcast

[Aidan Samuel]

I'm subscribed to a number of podcasts that are hosted and served by Apple iTunes. As such, the file format is m4a, which may be the root of this problem.

Once the podcast is playing, I'll pause playback using either the controls that appear when clicking the volume control in the Unity system tray, or by just using the regular playback controls in Rhythmbox.

To resume playback I press the play button, but play does not resume. I must move the scrubber to a new location before playback will resume.

Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

rhythmbox:
  Installed: 3.0.2-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.0.2-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

[Aidan Samuel (aidan-samuel)]

The problem is still present in Rhythmbox 3.3-1ubuntu7 on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Aidan Samuel (aidan-samuel)]

Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775781

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks!

[Aidan Samuel (aidan-samuel)]

The problem is still present in Rhythmbox 3.4.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS