[edgy] rhythmbox's mp3 playback generates an extra thumping noise.

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

When I playback an mp3 file using rhythmbox, i get this odd, semi rhythmical thumping noise over the top of the music being played. In case you ask, this is not the actual music, or indeed specific mp3 files. It seems that all mp3 files generate this in rhythmbox.

It is not limited to rhythmbox, but it does appear to be limited to gstreamer applications. Totem generates the same odd sound. Xmms does not generate this problem.

I assigned this bug to rhythmbox because that is where I initially found it, and where other users probably will too. I suspect the bug is actually in the gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly package.

Sadly I could not find a bug describing this problem in the gstreamer bugzilla. I'm not much good at searching big bugzillas though, someone else should look for it. The upside is that whatever the source of the bug, a more recent gstreamer build eliminates the problem :D

I have been using Jokosher-0.2 for a bit. The script for installing this on ubuntu:
* Grabs a particular cvs version of gstreamer (2006-11-13)
* Builds it in a subdir your home directory
* Sets up environment variables so that you can run Jokosher with the cvs gstreamer without interfering with the Edgy packaged gstreamer. Clever Aq

I just used this to run rhythmbox in the same cvs gstreamer environment, and no more thumping over mp3 playback :D

My request is for a clever person to find and backport the fix gstreamer have made in their cvs 2006-11-13 version. Pleeese.