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rhythmbox package

Cracking and poppling sound when Rythmbox volume controller is set to max

Bug #132653 reported by Dr. ROX on 2007-08-15

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #116990: Rhythmbox sound problems (clicking/snapping/crackling) when not using crossfading backend. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	rhythmbox (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

When Rythmbox volume slider is set to maximum volume (top), the sound becomes distorted, crackling and poppling. Looks like internal sound over amplification. To listen to music normally, i must lover Rythmox volume slider bit down.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 15 14:31:22 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: rhythmbox 0.11.1-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: rhythmbox
ProcCwd: /home/sanis
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
Uname: Linux hell 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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Dr. ROX (dr-rox-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2007-08-15:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (40.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (669 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2007-08-15:

Thank you for your bug. Looks like saturation from your audiocard, not a bug

Changed in rhythmbox:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Invalid

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Götz Christ (g-christ) wrote on 2007-08-21:

I have exact the same problem with Rhythmbox 0.11.2, and I must put the Rhythmbox volumen to 50%.

I think it is the same problem there http://<email address hidden>/msg04056.html

With other player there isn't this "distortion" or what it is. It sounds like the speakers were damage, buy with Exaile, Mplayer, Banshee and Rhythmbox there is no problem.

It comes when the song has very high tones. So I think thats Rhythmbox problem, not from the audiocard.

If you need any log please tell me how I get it and I will post it.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2007-08-22:

that's a duplicate of bug #127593

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regomodo (regomodo) wrote on 2007-09-28:

i have an exact issue. To say it's oversaturation of the card's electronics i find hard to believe. This has only ever happened in one distro and one edition. Gutsy. Etch did it for a while until i removed a codec (gstreamer-fluendo-mp3...)

bug #127593

Is specifically referring to Ogg file formats. I receive the same issues in mp3. Flac is fine. I doubt rhythmbox is the cause. Based on my previous experience with gstreamer i'd know where i'd put my money