Audio fails in Intrepid: "GStreamer resource error"

[sog]

After upgrading to Intrepid, audio playback via Banshee 1.2.1 fails silently (no audio, icon appears next to track played). When run from a terminal, the following error is issued:

"[Error 18:13:39.734] GStreamer resource error: Settings"

The error appears to be unassociated with Banshee specifically, however, because playback also fails in Rhythmbox (though without triggering the same - or any, for that matter - warning.

Audio playback is only possible from VLC, which I believe does not use GStreamer as a backend.

Installed GStreamer version looks to be 0.10.

Have tried the fix recommended below [1]; this had no effect.

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532031#c2

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report. does using aplay on a command line works correctly? what audiosink is selected in the gstreamer-properties dialog?

[sog (sogrady)]

Aplay does indeed work correctly. This command:

sog@apone:~$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/busytone.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/ekiga/busytone.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono

produces the expected sound.

gstreamer-properties is currently set to PulseAudio Sound Server. Previously, it was set to ALSA. Neither allows Banshee or Rhythmbox to work.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you try if paplay is working correctly?

[sog (sogrady)]

paplay works correctly as well.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you send the bug to bugzilla.gnome.org where people writting the software will read it too?

[sog (sogrady)]

Done: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554313

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for sending the bug to GNOME

[sog (sogrady)]

After the latest round of updates to Intrepid, this bug has been resolved. Recommend close.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing the bug