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Bug 634210 - gstreamer cuts off all sound from SPDIF output
gstreamer cuts off all sound from SPDIF output
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: GStreamer
Classification: Platform
Component: dont know
0.10.29
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: git master
Assigned To: GStreamer Maintainers
GStreamer Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-11-07 08:58 UTC by Brandon L
Modified: 2011-01-26 19:25 UTC
See Also:
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Description Brandon L 2010-11-07 08:58:55 UTC 
I have the Intel HD Audio on a Gigabyte P55 board.  I primarily use the SPDIF output.  Pidgin was cutting off all sound to my device on the SPDIF output any time i would receive a message (which plays a sound).

Switching pidgin to use a command (aplay) and not alsa via gstreamer solved that.

when i load up gstreamer-properties (because i want gstreamer to work) it cuts off all sound that is playing as well.
Comment 1 Tim-Philipp Müller 2010-12-11 21:10:24 UTC 
Not sure I fully understand what you mean.

So you are playing sound/music using gstreamer+alsa to the SPDIF output with application 1.

And then whenever pidgin outputs an event sound using gstreamer+alsa to the SPDIF output, the music gets interrupted? (permanently? or only while the event sound plays?)

If one application is using the SPDIF output, any other application should just get EBUSY when trying to use the SPDIF output, afaik.

Maybe you could get a log file by starting pidgin from the command line like this:

 $ GST_DEBUG=*alsa*:5 pidgin 2>dbg.log

and reproducing the problem.
Comment 2 Fabio Durán Verdugo 2011-01-26 19:25:01 UTC 
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for.
Thanks!