can't select device to record in gnome-sound-recorder

Bug #33666 reported by Martin Bergner
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME media utilities
Fix Released
Unknown
gnome-media (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

I can't select the device to record from in gnome-sound-recorder, it switches back to line-in or microphone whatever is enabled in the volume-control. If I enable both (by enabling the mic icon in the volume control) it switches to microphone. However, recording with my laptop only works from the "capture" device.
I can record once from the capture device and play it back. However, when I record more then once, I can't select the capture device again.
Also, I get multiple device lists after the first recording.

Let me explain this:
When I open gnome-sound-recorder, I can select the capture device. I have (in that order) Line-In, CD, Microphone, Phone, Aux, Capture as a choice. I now select Capture and click on Record (the button on top). I hit stop after 1 second or so and click the play button and hear my recorded sound.
I see "Unbekannt-2" (Unknown-2) in the title (why not 1? - I didn't record anything before that). I then click record again and I see "Unbekannt-3" in the title, however the capture device switched back to Microphone and it doesn't record anything. Additionally, I now have 2 times the devices in that list (the above list 2 times in a row), each "Record" more, I get another list appended to the list. If I select any device in this (wrong) list, gnome-sound-recorder outputs
** (gnome-sound-recorder:8383): CRITICAL **: gst_alsasrc_mixer_list_tracks: assertion `this->mixer != NULL' failed
to the console.
Pressing the "New" button gives a new window with "Unbekannt-*" with * being +2 the one I had before (why not only 1 - probably the same fault as mentioned before, but I can now select the "Capture" Device, I have only 1 of each device in my device list and recording works. Pressing record again returns me to the original problem.

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Martin Bergner (martin-bergner) wrote :

Ah, forgot to add my versions:

Dapper, gnome-media 2.13.93-0ubuntu1, libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.3-1ubuntu3

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. I forwarded the issue to the upstream developers: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335556

Changed in gnome-media:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Andrea Garbarini (garba) wrote :

I am having the duplicated sources problem myself... i was about to file a bug report for it but it looks like it's not worth it, anyway here are the steps to reproduce the bug on my system:

- pick a sound source to record from from the drop-down list
- start and stop recording
- choose a different sound source
- start and stop recording
- choose a different sound source
- enjoy duplicated entries in the drop-down list :)

hope this helps, andre

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

I followed up with your comment upstream.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The duplicate entries issue is bug #42022

Changed in gnome-media:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

With which versions is this still reproducible?

Changed in gnome-media:
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

marking as duplicate of bug #53448 which seems to be the same issue and has a clear description of some steps to get the issue. Feel free to reopen if you disagree with that

Changed in gnome-media:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
Changed in gnome-media:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
Changed in gnome-media:
status: New → Fix Released
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