Parole Media Player fails to play audio CD

Bug #1322384 reported by apsaras
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This bug affects 15 people
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parole
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parole (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

If I insert an audio CD (pre-recorded standard music CD) then Parole comes up, but this is quickly followed by the error message:

GStreamer backend error
Could not handle CDDA URI

and the CD fails to play.

I am using a clean (and updated) installation of Xubuntu 14.04.

~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04

~$ apt-cache policy parole
parole:
  Installed: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Candidate: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.6.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

Expected result: CD can be played

Actual result: CD cannot be played; above error message produced

Reproducible: always (or at least, every time I've tried it)

I've assumed this is a problem with Parole, but apologies if I've misattributed it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: parole 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri May 23 00:32:08 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-19 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
SourcePackage: parole
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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In , Richard-g-armstrong (richard-g-armstrong) wrote :

I am running Parole 0.6.1. It is unable to play audio cd's. The reported error is:-

GStreamer backend error
Could not handle CDDA URI

I am running this program in Ubuntu Studio 14.04. It is also the same in xubuntu 14.04. However, xubuntu 12.04 did not have this problem, whatever version of Parole it had.

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apsaras (c-launchpad1) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in parole (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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jrr (pdr3535) wrote :

I get the same error message

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apsaras (c-launchpad1) wrote :

As noted here http://xubuntu.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2343, it looks like the problem is with the invocation.

In Settings -> Removable Drives and Media -> Multimedia, under Audio CD, changing

parole --device=%d

to

parole --device=% cdda://

seems to fix it. (I don't know if this is technically correct, but it works for me.)

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jrr (pdr3535) wrote :

I'm on 32bit architecture and US archive with same problem:
parole:
  Installed: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Candidate: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.6.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages

Changed in parole:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

This is a regression with the new dvd location support. It has been fixed in trunk and will be included in the next release.

Changed in parole:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Alf HP Lund (alf-c) wrote :

Will the released fix be backported to 14.04?

tags: removed: amd64
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Brian (balano) wrote :
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The above fix did not work for me.
My current Audio CD launch command was: parole --device=%d
and now is: parole --device=%d cdda://
but neither works.

At first, when launched from the command line, I got errors related to connecting to gstreamer. A software update fixed this automagically. I think gstreamer1.0 was not installed at first. However I still got the same error message from the GUI as reported originally in this bug report.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

$ apt-cache policy parole
parole:
  Installed: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Candidate: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.6.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages

$ apt-cache policy gstreamer1.0
gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3:
  Installed: 0.10.23.debian-3
  Candidate: 0.10.23.debian-3
  Version table:
 *** 0.10.23.debian-3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gstreamer1.0-vaapi:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.5.7-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
     0.5.7-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
gstreamer1.0-audiosource:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
gstreamer1.0-vaapi-doc:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.5.7-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
     0.5.7-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
gstreamer1.0-clutter:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.0.8-1build1
  Version table:
     2.0.8-1build1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
gstreamer1.0-alsa:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1.2.4-1~ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
     1.2.3-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
gstreamer1.0-videosink:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
gstreamer1.0-visualization:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1.2.4-1~ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
     1.2.3-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
gstreamer1.0-tools:
  Installed: 1.2.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.2.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.2.3-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
libgstreamer1.0-0-dbg:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.2.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1.2.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
     1.2.3-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:
  Installed: 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.2.4-1~ubu...

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hpnetonline (hpnetonline83) wrote :

The Parole are installed on Ubuntu 14.04.

Parole version 0.6.1 with GStreamer version 1.2.4

The Parole application cannot play these video codecs as below:

RealMedia
Flash
vc1
vp6
avs

The Parole application cannot play these audio codecs as below:

DTSLBR
DTSAC3
DTSEC3
DTSES
PCM
G711
DVDA
avs
hevc
vc1

The Parole application cannot play these pictures codecs as below:
jpeg
bitmap

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KitchM (tech-frontrowcomputer) wrote :

Currently have same exact problem.

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

Can you please test this again in a recent supported release? Focal, Impish, or Jammy will work.

Changed in parole (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Simon Reed (xubuntu-o) wrote (last edit ):

I am getting this problem with a commercial DVD that plays OK on a Linux Mint PC. I have tried my PC's internal DVD drive and a USB DVD drive and multiple DVDs and get:
Error
GStreamer backend error
Could not read DVD. This may be because the DBVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is not installed.

Xubuntu 20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.13.0-39-generic x86_64
Parole Media Player 1.0.5

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