Bug#252296: rhythmbox 0.8.4-4 plays erratically (mostly pops and hisses, little music)

[Zak B. Elep]

Package: rhythmbox
Version: 0.8.4-4
Severity: important
Tags: sid

I just upgraded rhythmbox from sarge to sid, and now it doesn't work.
Well, technically, it does work (the program is behaving properly
_visually_, without any crashing and burning). It does output some music
at times, so I'm guessing that this is a problem with the underlying
framework (GStreamer) rather than the application itself. Before I
forget, I'm using ALSA 1.04rc2 modules from linux-2.6.6, and my sound
chipset is a VIA8235 on a VIA KT266A SouthBridge chipset.

Now, I'm going to return to sarge and play the Black Eyed Peas Again...

Cheers,
Zakame


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages rhythmbox depends on:
ii  gconf2                      2.6.1-2      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gstreamer0.8-alsa [gstreame 0.8.1-2      ALSA plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-artsd [gstream 0.8.1-2      aRtsd plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-esd [gstreamer 0.8.1-2      Enlightened Sound Daemon plugin fo
ii  gstreamer0.8-gnomevfs       0.8.1-2      Gnome VFS plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-jack [gstreame 0.8.1-2      JACK plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-mad            0.8.1-2      MAD MPEG audio decoder plugin for 
ii  gstreamer0.8-misc           0.8.1-2      Collection of various GStreamer pl
ii  gstreamer0.8-oss [gstreamer 0.8.1-2      OSS plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-vorbis         0.8.1-2      Vorbis plugin for GStreamer
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-1     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.6.1-2      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0               0.2.3-4      The Audiofile Library
ii  libbonobo2-0                2.6.0-2      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0              2.6.1-1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]      0.2.29-1     Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.6.1-2      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt1                  1.1.12-4     LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                 1:2.4.0-1    Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.4.1-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                 2.6.1-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0           2.6.1.1-2    A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0                2.6.1.1-2    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0              2.6.1.1-3    The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnomevfs2-common         2.6.1.1-3    The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls7                  0.8.12-5     GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgstreamer-gconf0.8-0     0.8.1-2      GConf support for GStreamer
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0           0.8.1-2      Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.4.1-4      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                     4.3.0-7      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.4.0-3      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-4        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                      4.3.0-7      X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-0                  0.1.2-1      Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxml2                     2.6.10-2     GNOME XML library
ii  scrollkeeper                0.3.14-7     A free electronic cataloging syste
ii  vorbis-tools                1.0.1-1      Several Ogg Vorbis Tools
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-7      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-2    compression library - runtime

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