[12.04] Sound stops many times while playing an avi movie

[Aurélien RIVIERE]

I watched a .avi movie and many times, every 5-20 minutes, the sounds stoped and the video kept playing.

ubuntu@precise:~$ uname -a
Linux precise 3.2.0-15-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 7 22:32:19 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ubuntu@precise:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

ubuntu@precise:~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

ubuntu@precise:~$ dpkg -l |grep totem |awk '{print $2 " " $3}'
gir1.2-totem-1.0 3.0.1-0ubuntu17
gir1.2-totem-plparser-1.0 2.32.6-2
libtotem-plparser17 2.32.6-2
libtotem0 3.0.1-0ubuntu17
totem 3.0.1-0ubuntu17
totem-common 3.0.1-0ubuntu17
totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu17
totem-plugins 3.0.1-0ubuntu17

ubuntu@precise:~$ dpkg -l |grep gstreamer |awk '{print $2 " " $3}'
bluez-gstreamer 4.98-0ubuntu9
gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10 0.10.35.3-1
gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.35.3-1
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.13-1
gstreamer0.10-gconf 0.10.30.3-1ubuntu1
gstreamer0.10-nice 0.1.1-1ubuntu1
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.35.3-1
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 0.10.35.3-1
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.30.3-1ubuntu1
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.18.3-1ubuntu1
gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio 0.10.30.3-1ubuntu1
gstreamer0.10-tools 0.10.35.3-1
gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.35.3-1
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.35.3-1
libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.35.3-1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Eric Casteleijn (thisfred)]

Not sure if it's the exact same thing, but this happens a lot for me when playing music (from quodlibet) as well.

[Eric Casteleijn (thisfred)]

Some more data points: this only started happening this week, and it occurs when I play sound through my internal (onboard) sound card, or through any of two different USB sound devices.

[Eric Casteleijn (thisfred)]

Oh and: pausing the music and pressing play again makes the sound start again.

[Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)]

I had this problem, a few times, in Precise in early Feb 2012, the time of the above comments.

A month later, now, the problem is gone, for me. No further comments here, either. Is anyone still seeing it? Or can we call it fixed?

[Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)]

I'm marking it 'Fix Released'.