Bug 188444 – playback is unreliable and broken in Amarok and JuK using phonon gstreamer backend
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Phonon |
Invalid
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Medium
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phonon-backends (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: phonon-
When running Amarok or JuK with only the gstreamer backend of phonon installed,
I get a popup (shown in the attached screenshot) at startup, and playback only
sometimes works. When playback fails, there are no errors printed to stdout,
and no indication of what could be wrong in the UI. Amarok sometimes displays a
box saying that there have been too many errors and that it is stopping
playback, while JuK seems to do nothing. Both cases are confusing for the user.
With the Xine backend installed, I've had no similar problems so far.
Also note that in systemsettings, the test button works, and yet these sound
problems occur nevertheless.
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
Changed in phonon: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in phonon (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
affects: | phonon (Ubuntu) → phonon-backends (Ubuntu) |
Changed in phonon: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in phonon: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
Changed in phonon: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in phonon: | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in phonon: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
Changed in phonon: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in phonon: | |
status: | Unknown → Invalid |
This problem seems similar to mine, on Kubuntu Jaunty and a HDA Intel ALC861.
When I use Gstreamer Phonon engine, Amarok doesn't play anything at all, although other apps do.
When I switch to the Xine backend (the default one in Kubuntu) from systemsettings panel, then Amarok plays. But then, Amarok sound volume doesn't follow the KMix sound volume. By experimenting (Xine backend) I found out that Amarok "follows" the "Front" channel while KMix gives me only the PCM channel (the Front channel can only be muted, there's no apparent way to adjust it).
I found a similar bug report in KDE bugzilla, but the developers say it's a Phonon issue. I' m not sure about that, since Amarok2 plays OK in Manriva 2009.1. /bugs.kde. org/show_ bug.cgi? id=189755
See: https:/
I run Kubuntu Jaunty with these packages installed: 1.30-0ubuntu3 1.30-0ubuntu3 backend- gstreamer 4:4.3.1-0ubuntu3 10-fluendo- mp3 0.10.7.debian-1 10-ffmpeg 0.10.6.2-1ubuntu2
amarok 2:2.0.2mysql5.
amarok-common 2:2.0.2mysql5.
phonon-
phonon-backend-xine 4:4.3.1-0ubuntu3
libxine1-ffmpeg 1.1.16.3-0ubuntu1
gstreamer0.
gstreamer0.
gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.22-5