rhythmbox error report "Unknown playback error" needs improvement

Btw, this is against 0.9.7-ubuntu4 and tested on feisty.

Thank you for the work on that Bryce, I've forwarded the bug and patch upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397196

Upstream comment:

"I'm not entirely certain that "Failed to sync gstreamer pipeline in open
operation" or "Failed to set gstreamer element state" is any more enlightening
than "Unknown playback error" for most people. It would also mean that
translators have to translate those too."

How about where XMMS says "Server reported: 403 max listeners reached", could Rhythmbox say something more informative than "Unknown playback error"? This makes XMMS look smart and Rhythmbox look dim.

-kb, the Kent who uses XMMS just to know whether a stream is full as opposed to other problems, like the URL having moved.

Audio sounds are not working.... I tried to run rhythmbox also and got the message "Unknown Playback Error"... I tried ---

rhythmbox-0.9.7-bryce/backends/gstreamer/rb-player-gst.c 2007-01-15 12:07:15.000000000 -0800
+++ rhythmbox-0.9.7/backends/gstreamer/rb-player-gst.c 2006-12-11 04:36:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
  * error from the sequence into error.
  */
 static void
-end_gstreamer_operation (RBPlayerGst *mp, gboolean op_failed, const gchar* errormsg, GError **error)
+end_gstreamer_operation (RBPlayerGst *mp, gboolean op_failed, GError **error)
 {
  mp->priv->can_signal_direct_error = FALSE;
  if (mp->priv->error) {
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
   g_set_error (error,
         RB_PLAYER_ERROR,
         RB_PLAYER_ERROR_GENERAL,
- errormsg);
+ _("Unknown playback error"));
  }
 }

@@ -821,12 +821,12 @@
  }

  if (!rb_player_gst_sync_pipeline (mp)) {
- end_gstreamer_operation (mp, TRUE, _("Failed to sync gstreamer pipeline in open operation"), error);
+ end_gstreamer_operation (mp, TRUE, error);
   rb_player_gst_close (player, NULL);
   return FALSE;
  }

- end_gstreamer_operation (mp, FALSE, NULL, error);
+ end_gstreamer_operation (mp, FALSE, error);
  return TRUE;
 }

@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
 #elif HAVE_GSTREAMER_0_10
  ret = gst_element_set_state (mp->priv->playbin, GST_STATE_READY) == GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS;
 #endif
- end_gstreamer_operation (mp, !ret, _("Failed to set gstreamer element state"), error);
+ end_gstreamer_operation (mp, !ret, error);
  return ret;
 }

@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@

  begin_gstreamer_operation (mp);
  ret = rb_player_gst_sync_pipeline (mp);
- end_gstreamer_operation (mp, !ret, _("Failed to sync gstreamer pipeline in play operation"), error);
+ end_gstreamer_operation (mp, !ret, error);
  return ret;
 }

But I have no idea where it goes. Can someone help
Thanks Ahead of Time

new to ubuntu. downloaded a music file and it started out playing just fine. after a few songs it gave me the error msg "unkown playback error." plz help

the bug has been fixed upstream now

Version 0.12.2 fixed this (line 120 in http://git.gnome.org/cgit/rhythmbox/tree/NEWS?id=05020b29c17e5b7eb9391eca3e1d6b300fa77ec7) and is present in karmic for a month now. Closing this bug.