Recent update causes distorted sound

Bug #1627376 reported by Craig
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Bug Description

I performed normal updates using apt-get on 23 Sept. Below is a snipet from the log:

Preparing to unpack .../liboxideqt-qmlplugin_1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking liboxideqt-qmlplugin:amd64 (1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) over (1.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../liboxideqtquick0_1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking liboxideqtquick0:amd64 (1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) over (1.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../liboxideqtcore0_1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking liboxideqtcore0:amd64 (1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) over (1.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../oxideqt-codecs-extra_1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking oxideqt-codecs-extra:amd64 (1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) over (1.16.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...

after this, all sound was distorted - it sounded very show and as if the voices were underwater.

I reverted to the previous package using synaptic

Log started: 2016-09-24 15:05:05
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Removing unity-webapps-common (2.4.17+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing xul-ext-unity (3.0.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1.14.04.1) ...
Removing xul-ext-websites-integration (2.3.6+13.10.20130920.1-0ubuntu1.2) ...
Removing libunity-webapps0 (2.5.0~+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing unity-webapps-service (2.5.0~+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing webapp-container (0.23+14.04.20140428-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing webbrowser-app (0.23+14.04.20140428-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-ui-extras-browser-plugin:amd64 (0.23+14.04.20140428-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing unity-webapps-qml (0.1+14.04.20140408-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing liboxideqt-qmlplugin:amd64 (1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Removing liboxideqtquick0:amd64 (1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Removing liboxideqtcore0:amd64 (1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.9) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading oxideqt-codecs-extra:amd64 from 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 to 1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1

After the package was downgraded, but sound again sounds normal.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: oxideqt-codecs-extra 1.17.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:29:30 2016
Dependencies:
 gcc-4.9-base 4.9.3-0ubuntu4
 libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.9
 libgcc1 1:4.9.3-0ubuntu4
 multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6.9
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-09 (258 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
SourcePackage: oxide-qt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Craig (puetzcraig) wrote :
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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

@Craig: does the problem persist with the latest oxide updates (currently version 1.19.4 in trusty)?

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