GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 688837
Sound suddenly stops when playing Ogg file
Last modified: 2012-12-05 10:54:34 UTC
Using Debian Sid/unstable with Totem 3.4.2-1 playing Ogg Vorbis files in a loop (only one loaded though), the first time it goes fine, but playing it a second time the first second(?) is missed and then after 12 (with another 14) seconds suddenly no sound is output at all. The time line advances further though. Using MPlayer everything is fine. How can I find out if this is a Totem, GStreamer or PulseAudio problem and provide more debugging information?
To be clear, starting for example `totem 1.ogg 2.ogg` and playing them in a loop, I do not see any problems.
Using MP3 files of the same songs (converted) I do not see that problem.
Created attachment 229622 [details] Compressed debug output of GStreamer $ totem --gst-debug-level=5 --gst-debug-no-color test.ogg >/tmp/20121122--totem-gst-debug-level-5.log 2>&1
I could not reproduce this issue with a 8 s Ogg Vorbis file.
I can reproduce this issue with debian sid totem / gstreamer 0.10, but can't reproduce with Totem 3.7 and GStreamer 1.0.
__tim in #gstreamer on irc.freenode.net was able to reproduce this with GStreamer 0.10.x. It worked for him with GStreamer 1.0.x. So this *seems* to be likely a GStreamer issue. __tim noted that it is unlikely that anybody will look into this.
(In reply to comment #6) > __tim in #gstreamer on irc.freenode.net was able to reproduce this with > GStreamer 0.10.x. Maybe he's the same GStreamer developer as the Tim that commented in comment 5 ;)
Bastien, does it work for you with Totem 3.6 and GStreamer 1.0.x? Can you reproduce this in Fedora(?) with Totem 3.4 and GStreamer 0.10.x?
Sorry, since it appears to work fine with 1.0 I think I'll just resolve this as OBSOLETE.
Playing one FLAC file in a loop with Totem 3.4.2-1 does not show this problem either.
This problem might be related to #680252 [1]. [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680252
In the Debian BTS this issue is tracked under bug report 694615 [1]. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694615
(In reply to comment #11) > This problem might be related to #680252 [1]. Unfortunately(?) it is not and can reproduce this with 0.10.36-1.1 which has the patch for bug 680252 applied. gst-plugins-base0.10 (0.10.36-1.1) unstable; urgency=low * Non-maintainer upload. + debian/patches/98_fix-ogg-flac-transition.patch: - Fixes ogg->flac transition hangs (Closes: #668109) Taken from upstream git. -- Christoph Reiter <reiter.christoph@gmail.com> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:07:40 +0100 > [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680252
Hmm, although Tim could reproduce this with GStreamer 0.10.36-1 and Totem 3.0.1-8, I tried it on a different system (ASUS EeePC 701 4G) and got the following results. 1. With GStreamer 0.10.35-1 and Totem 3.0.1-8 I did not experience any problems at all. 2. Upgrading to GStreamer 0.10.36-1 (not 1.1) and still with Totem 3.0.1-8, I could only reproduce the silenced/ommitted first second when starting over after the first completed playback. But there was *no* silence after around 12 seconds and it played correctly/hearable to the end. Tim also did not write that the first second was missing when he tested this. :( So it seems to be another regression. But not on all systems.
(In reply to comment #14) […] > 1. With GStreamer 0.10.35-1 and Totem 3.0.1-8 I did not experience any problems > at all. > > 2. Upgrading to GStreamer 0.10.36-1 (not 1.1) and still with Totem 3.0.1-8, I > could only reproduce the silenced/ommitted first second when starting over > after the first completed playback. But there was *no* silence after around 12 > seconds and it played correctly/hearable to the end. > > Tim also did not write that the first second was missing when he tested this. > :( > > So it seems to be another regression. But not on all systems. Surprisingly, turning on visual effects in Totem makes the silence after twelve seconds go away. It was turned on on the ASUS EeePC 701 4G. The omitted first second stays though. So for the silence after some seconds it is not certain if it is a regression from 0.10.35-1 or not.