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gst-plugins-base0.10 package

  1. Bug #236201
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 236201

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benmhall (ubuntu-linuxgruven) wrote :

I, too, had this problem on my HP 2133 with a Via Chrome driver. I can confirm that fiddling with the visualizations did indeed allow me to play MP3s.

Since I don't like visualizations anyway, I found that just disabling them with the gconf editor worked. Here's what I changed:

1) Open terminal
2) Run gconf-editor
3) Go to /apps/rhythmbox/plugins/visualizer/
4) Unchecked Active, checked hidden
5) Close gconf-editor

Now Rhythmbox plays MP3s, no errors.

Very odd bug, very odd workaround. Who'd have thought that enabling visualizations (not even using them) would affect MP3 playback.