The device profile always defaults to same one instead to selected one

[danizmax]

Binary package hint: gnome-media

When ubuntu is started or any media is played from start, the device profile always defaults to same one (by sound none of the profiles seem to match) instead to selected one. So even if you open a media file mp3 for example with Banshee, it will start playing with default and if you change the profile while playing the sound will change. If you stop and start playing again, the sound changes back to default profile, but a different selected profile stays selected in Sound Preferences.

1) Ubuntu 10.10
2 gnome-media:
  Installed: 2.31.6-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.31.6-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.31.6-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://si.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) When playback is started the sound always plays as the default profile in Sound Preferences (by sound none of the profiles seem to match) + subwoofer stops working
4) When playback is started the sound should reflect the selected profile in Sound Preferences.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-media 2.31.6-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 3 10:01:51 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-volume-control
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.utf8
SourcePackage: gnome-media

[danizmax (danizmax)]

I also noticed that every time I stop and start playback in Banshee the sound setting resets back to the state where subwoofer is more silent.

[danizmax (danizmax)]

Why is this bug still Unassigned? The constant audio profile switching kills the whole media experience.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Natty Narwhal. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

[danizmax (danizmax)]

I've tested it and the results are just bizzare!

The mentioned behavior is still the same with additional problems:

- output volume and subwoofer are linked (not sure if they supposed to be)
- balance and fade change both in uncontrolled fashion, if I try to change any of them
- when profiles are switched the sound becomes each time more scrambled
- as before, profile resets (not controls only sound) if playback is stopped (NOT PAUSED) and started again
- if any of balance, subwoofer or fade controls are dragged to near full, high pitch becomes loud

On my hardware sound is useless as it almost is on Maverick !!!

[danizmax (danizmax)]

I've installed the alpha version on my computer and after few updates the remaining problems are:

- 5.1 output seems not to work correctly (no subwoofer output) , I use 7.1 or 4.0 for better bass atm
- when profiles are switched the sound becomes each time more scrambled
- output volume and subwoofer are linked (not sure if they supposed to be)
- if subwoofer is dragged to near full, high pitch becomes loud

[danizmax (danizmax)]

After the last update, the original problem came back:

- as before, profile resets (not controls only sound) if playback is stopped (NOT PAUSED) and started again

other problems:

- when profiles are switched the sound becomes each time more scrambled
- Test speakers does not work

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-media (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]