Internet radio do not play after audio files, and viceversa

[ltheodorv]

I am running ubuntu 8.04.1 and my problem is: I can not play audio files after opening an internet radio, and I can not open any internet radio after playing an audio file. I can play along audio files and youtube files, though, but not youtube and internet radios (the same problems as with audio files). My browser of preference is Mozilla Firefox, and the programs in which I have seen the problem are: Audacious, Amarok, Banshee, Movie player, MPlayer, Muine Music Player, Rhythmbox.

My workaround was: listed the pocesses running ("ps -e" command), than killed the processes with the mplayer listed in the CMD column (there were two or three occurences), with the command: "sudo kill <pid1> <pid2> [<pid3>]" (of course, I replaced <pidn> with the real process identifiers listed).

I will say that is a problem in one of the programs involving audio playback, as it seems that the processes are not freed up after playing an audio file or stream.

[ltheodorv (ltheodorv)]

This problem seems to be solved in Intreprid Ibex, after upgrading.

[Cristian Barahona G. (cristianvirtual)]

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[ltheodorv (ltheodorv)]

The fact that the problem is solved in Intreprid Ibex does not mean that is solved also in Hardy Heron, and the latter being with LTS, I think someone with better knowledge about Ubuntu whereabouts than me should take a look, at least.

[Patanachai Tangchaisin (patanachai)]

I encounter this bug in 8.04.2, too.
I use Firefox 3.06, mplayer 1.0rc2-4.2.4, mozilla-mplayer 3.50-1

To cause this problem
1. open any internet radio station using Firefox.
2. Stop playing the internet radio, either close tab or change pages, but DO NOT CLOSE FIREFOX.
3. open Rhythmbox (other players as well), playing a song. There will be no sound from it.

And for vice versa,
1. open any audio players, playing song.
2. Pause or stop, but DO NOT CLOSE PROGRAM
3. open the internet radio station using Firefox

[Gaetan Nadon (memsize)]

I have 8.04.2 as well but could not reproduce the problem, despite the excellent instructions. Everyone has a slightly different system.

From an 8.04.2LTS fresh install (hard disk, LiveCD or VirtualBox)
- Install latest updates from Update Manager
- Do not change the Software Sources to ensure we get packages from the
  official Ubuntu repository
- Confirm Firefox version:
  >aptitude show firefox
   3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1

- Install the mplayer package
- Confirm mplayer version
  2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1

- Install mozilla-mplayer browser plugin
  version 3.50-1ubuntu2.1

- Install package flashplugin-nonfree (needed for browsing the web)

- Obtain an mp3 file to import into RythmBox and save it into the home Music directory
- Invoke RythmBox app and select the Music Library
- Import the mp3 file from the Music->Import file
- Follow prompts to install gstreamer audio codec for mp3
- You should see the mp3 file title in the right window
- Double-click on the song to play it
- Now select Radio on the left side and pick any station on the right
- The radio now plays and the mp3 song stops
- Go back to Music and play the song again. It does play and the Radio stops

Now let's try Firefox. Not all sites use the same technology so it would be good to have the URL. I tried www.live365.com (first up in Google). Same results, but I can play both radio and mp3 at the same time or alternate.

So I cannot reproduce the problem.
I looked at the processes involved and there is no mplayer.
To make use of mplayer, you can listen to a radio station by typing:
mplayer -playlist http://mfile2.akamai.com/9617/live/reflector:37892.asx
You can also play the mp3 song and radio both at the same time.
The mplayer version Patanachai has does not match what is in the 8.04.2 repository.

Development will ask for additional information.
Is the version of Ubuntu you are using intel/amd 32/64 bits?
The version number of any packages involved
The output of 'uname -r'
The output of 'cat /proc/asound/cards'
Which sound device driver is used, alsa or oss

[Patanachai Tangchaisin (patanachai)]

Thank you for your help, Gaetan Nadon.

My mplayer version is the same one with the medibuntu repository, but I just reported version from "mplayer --version".

However, there is no problem if I open media file (mp3..) or media playlist (.asx) directly in Firefox. It seems that my problem's related to adode-flashplugin (I can't download flashplugin-nonfree via my ISP) ,which I got .deb from adobe website, because it happened only when playing media with flash player such as Youtube, AOL music, and of course, live365.

The problem might be solved if I used flashplugin-nonfree package.

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

all signs indicate that the culprit is flashplugin-nonfree. assigning accordingly
since the issue is fixed in intrepid, marking as fix released
the same version of flashplugin (version 10) is available in hardy-backports, for those still in 8.04 LTS