xine-ui freezes until DNS resolution succeeds/fails/times out

[reini]

Binary package hint: xine-ui

When DNS resolution times out due to network problems (annoyingly common where I live), xine-ui displays the blank startup screen and ignores all input until DNS resolution actually times out.
Unless I'm mistaken, doing a DNS resolution is not needed simply for playing a video/audio file.

This bug has been around for at least five years

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xine-ui 0.99.6-1 [modified: var/lib/xine/xine.desktop]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 11 21:45:00 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101008)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xine-ui

[phil (fongpwf)]

I think I've seen this with Xine on Fedora. The UI does not update for a few seconds whenever you start to play a file. Then everything works fine.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[reini (rrumberger)]

It's definitely also happening in Debian (surprise, surprise...). However, I'm not convinced anymore, that it has to do with DNS resolution. OTOH I haven't gone to the trouble of trying to capture network traffic when this occurs, so I can't be certain.