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rhythmbox package

Apple Lossless files will not play in rythmbox

Bug #520315 reported by bbordwell
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Rhythmbox
Invalid
Medium
rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

Expected: import music, it asks to install plug-ins, plug-ins install and all files can be listened to.
Actual: Import music, it asks to install plug-ins, plug-ins install and all files except apple lossless files can be played.

This is a regression because this worked fine in karmic

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Feb 11 01:44:17 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100210)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: rhythmbox 0.12.6-1ubuntu8
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686

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bbordwell (benbordwell) wrote :
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benste (benste) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for the report, any chance to attach an example to the report? Thanks in advance.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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bbordwell (benbordwell) wrote :

I confirmed that the file was not corrupt by playing it in VLC media player, still not working in rhythmbox.

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Chris Johnston (cjohnston) wrote :

I can confirm that the file plays in VLC but not in rhythmbox.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Chris Johnston (cjohnston) wrote :

bbordwell, can you please file this bug upstream.

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The attached example should probably be removed! It's a song by Lynyrd Skynrd.

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Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda) wrote :

I have removed the file as it's most likely infringing a copyright of either Label or Band that has recorded it. If it was a legal file please add a comment with details and re-upload it or upload another sample.

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Nigel Babu (nigelbabu) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609804

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bbordwell (benbordwell) wrote :

Rhythmbox developer says it works for him, perhaps it is a bug specific to the gstreamer packages in the repositories and not the fault of rhythmbox?

If i remember correctly VLC does not use gstreamer it has its own codecs, so this could be a possibility.

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Nigel Babu (nigelbabu) wrote :

Yes, VLC uses its own codecs. Did you try totem. It works fine for me as well. Could you see if you have the plugins that upstream asked to install, qtdemux (gst-plugins-good) and gst-ffmpeg.

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bbordwell (benbordwell) wrote :

It did not work in totem for me.

I have gstremer0.10-ffmepeg (0.10.0-3build1), and gstreamer0.10-plugins-good(0.10.18-1ubuntu1) installed.

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bbordwell (benbordwell) wrote :

If it is relevant, it tries to play the file but it only makes screeching or static type noises.

Also since i originally reported this bug I did a fresh install of the 64bit version and the bug persists.

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bbordwell (benbordwell) wrote :

latest updates to gstreamer today fixed the problem for me.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in rhythmbox:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Invalid
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