Rhythmbox has problems with some mp3-files when cross-fading is active

[Daniel Schury]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
  Installiert: 0.12.5-0ubuntu5
  Kandidat: 0.12.5-0ubuntu5
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 0.12.5-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://localhost karmic-proposed/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.12.5-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://localhost karmic/main Packages

Rhythmbox keeps silent, while playing certain mp3-files. It's more or less randomly, but if a file can't be played once, it will happen all the time. I can't find any regularity, it often happens, that one file from one and the same album can be played, but others not.

When Rhythmbox is started from the commandline, it doesn't give any hints, when playing the file, what could be the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 5 19:45:08 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: rhythmbox 0.12.5-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

Well, for me it is reproducible. I just have to try to play one of the affected files, thats it. Is there any way, I could get as much as possible informations about the files, so that I can compare them and maybe find similarities?

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

What happens also: Such files can't be stopped. If I press the play/pause-button, Rhythmbox says "paused" but the time-slider continues moving.

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

Does even happen on freshly installed Ubuntu. Is it legal, to add parts of mp3-files, which are affected?

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

Got some news: The most of the files seems to be created by iTunes, as far as I remember. Don't know, if it's reproducable with an actual version, because I donk't have any windows-pc in range

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

Problem still exists in Lucid

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

The problem seems to be fixed, when cross-fading is deactivated. Keeping an eye on it.

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

Jep, deactivating cross-fading made it. Next time I'll be near a PC with iTunes I'll check, if really iTunes is the problem.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Daniel, any update on this bug ?

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

Well, had crossfading deactivated. Will activate it now again and tell you about the result

[Daniel Schury (surst)]

Problems seems to be gone in Maverick. Crossfading is active since two weeks now and no problems. Don't know how it is in Lucid.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

since its not happening anymore I am closing this bug as invalid but feel free to report any other bugs you may find.