rhythmbox refused to play FLAC and froze

[Tommy_CZ]

Hi, in Ubuntu 12.04 64bit edition I tried to play some FLAC files from my USB drive, but Rhythmbox then freezed. Please see screenshot. Those FLACs are OK.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: rhythmbox 2.96-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 22 21:57:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64+mac (20120412)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Daniel Miranda (danielkza2)]

I'm also seeing FLAC playback completely broken in at least 3 media players (Rhytmbox, Banshee, Clementine) in 12.04. All of them seem to be stuck in a 'playing' state but locked at the 0m0s position (x86 version, not amd64). Tried multiple files with different parameters (16-bit, 24-bit, 48 and 96KHz) and they all work perfectly on other installations.

[wlx (wangliangxu)]

Same problem happen to me, with ubuntu 12.04 amd64, Rhythmbox, banshee both has this problem.

[wlx (wangliangxu)]

When the flac stop, drag the slider in Rhythmbox could make it working again.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

If it affects Banshee, Rhythmbox and Clementine, it's probably a gstreamer issue, and you're likely to see this in other applications using gstreamer -- Totem, for example.

[wlx (wangliangxu)]

I have reinstall the whole system, this problem disappeared.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Tommy_CZ (t-kijas)]

I have no problem with FLAC in 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04, do you?