[Pkg-pulseaudio-devel] Bug#470900: Bug#470900: pulseaudio: switching forth the sink - ok, switch back - hangs client(s)

[Eddy Petrișor]

Eddy Petrișor wrote:
> On 27/03/2008, Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd at luon.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 09:29:10AM +0200, Eddy Petri??or wrote:
>>  > Sjoerd Simons wrote:
>>  >> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 01:55:56PM +0200, Eddy Petri??or wrote:
>>  >>> I just tried using pulseaudio's network capabilities.
>>  >>> I was happy to see it can really use a remote sink[1], but I was really
>>  >>> upset to see that when I tried to switch back to the local sync, it made
>>  >>> rhythmbox hang.
>>  >>
>>  >> How did you swhich sinks ? Using padevchooser or ?
>>  >
>>  > I used the applet.
>>
>>
>> Ok. Then indeed you have to switch tracks or something similar to switch sinks.
> 
> OK, this was consistent, since the first time I had to change the
> track to get the stream flowing on the other machine.
> 
>>  If you use tunneling you can change things really on the fly (but not via
>>  padevchooser unfortunately).
> 
> I see.
> 
>>  Anyway, did you kill the remote pulseserver, was the network disconnected or
>>  anything special? Just choosing a remote sink, start playing, choose the local
>>  sink, restart playin seems to work flawlessly here.. Can you reproduce it?
> 
> Nothing special (although, if the remote server crashes or stops, the
> local player hangs badly).
> 
> I switched sink, changed track, played for a while, switched back the
> sink, rythmbox hanged.

Still does it. Although, it seems rythmbox is a little more responsive on the
initial change back allowing me do press the play button, but later hangs hard
if I press play once more.

> Could it have to do with the fact the remote sink was running etch's
> pulseaudio while the local was lenny's? The local machine was an amd64
> running lenny, while the remote was and i386 running etch.

I am still wondering if this is the cause. Is there any backport of PA?

> (I need to bring my laptop to work, which I don't do that often
> lately, but will report back when I'll take it.)


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EddyP
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