Please describe the problem:
Even when playing video files, Totem decides to give up if no sound card is present. There is no problem if the sound card is actually present but used by another process. This happens even if the video file does not have an audiotrack.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Disable your sound card (pull it out, turn it off, unload modules (should work) or similar)
2. Open a video file in Totem, with a supported plugin
3. Sit back and watch the fireworks... not happening.


Actual results:
I get an error message saying: "Could not open resource for writing." and totem stops. The main totem window loads in the background, but is removed just prior to the message appearing.

Expected results:
I would expect some sort of warning message like: "Could not find audio device for playback" (and only if audio is attempted to be played) and the program to drop audio playback, but still support video playback, skipping files that did not contain video.

Does this happen every time?
Yes, this happens every time. As far as I know it's not even restricted to this version.

Other information:
It's likely a design flaw that's been around since the very first version (although I have only seen it in this version and 2.14, since I didn't use it before then -- and then only briefly). I have no idea if the problem is present using the xine-lib backend or if the mozilla plugin is affected, but I would suspect so.