Spotify sound problem

[Steve]

Binary package hint: wine

Wine Package 1.0.1-0ubuntu8
Spotify 0.3.21 rev 56306
Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

Starting Spotify via the menu link created by the installed program
env WINEPREFIX="/home/steve/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files\Spotify\spotify.exe"

Attempting to play any song in Wine, sound playback is distorted. It's jerky and plays faster than it should. There seems to be a small sample of sound, then it skips a fraction, then another small fraction of sound.
If I open "Sound Preferences" and switch it to the Applications tab, there is an entry
"ALSA plug-in [wine-preloader]" This entry flickers as if it it is being loaded and unloaded repeatedly.

This used to work fine in ubuntu 9.4.
I have tried this under the Wine v1.2 package and I get the same behaviour.

[edalb (edalb)]

Changing in winecfg the sound output from alsa to esd solved the problem for me.

[Steve (steve-launchpad)]

I went to "Wine Configuration", Audio tab. Unticked all sound drivers, leaving only EsounD Driver ticked.
I can confirm that sound playback is now correct - Thanks for the tip edalb!

This setting conflicts with the advice on the Spotify webpage http://www.spotify.com/en/help/faq/wine. I have emailed them about this in case they want to update their webpage.

I'm happy - I have a successful work-around.

[Sergi (sergicomas-gmail)]

Ubuntu 9.10 + Wine 1.0.1 + Spotify 58364, the same solution, changing ASLA to EsounD on winecfg.
Thanks

[Paul Holland (lance-86)]

Can confirm this fix also worked wonders for me. Ubuntu 9.10 64bit with wine 1.0.1-0ubuntu8 spotify revision 63386

[Simon Ellwood (simonellwood)]

Switching to esd worked for me on 9.10 32bit Intel G45 Core2 Duo up to date today!

Thanks for the tip and I hope Alsa is fixed soon!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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