[linux-audio-user] gstreamer, rhythmbox, and mp3

[oktyabr]

Victor Roetman wrote:
> I've been using rhythmbox for listening to my mp3 files on my Ubuntu
> laptop.  Mostly this was because it supports daap sharing, and gives me
> a nice interface for choosing songs.  It works well except I've been
> having sound quality problems.
>
> I seem to get some minor distortion, and some pops and cracks when
> playing a lot of my mp3 files.  I took one especially problematic file
> and played it with alsaplayer and had no troubles (at a louder volume
> even).  I'm about 98% sure that somehow gstreamer is peaking/clipping,
> even when the volume is way down.
>
> Banshee, I've noticed, does the same thing.
>
> mpg123 and mpg321 seem to have no problems.  xine engine of amarok seems
> to work.
>
> Has anyone else noticed anything like this?  Is this a problem with
> gstreamer in general?  What's going on here?  What's with the levels
> that it would clip when it's not even loud?
>
> (and I really wish there was a jack backend for gstreamer)
>
> Any comments, suggestions?  Does anyone here follow gstreamer at all?
>
>
>   
Hmmm...   I would suggest that it was some sort of buffer overrun and 
apparently specifically in gstreamer since the xine engine and others 
run ok?   I run Gstreamer 10 without any problems on a Ubuntu Feisty 
Herd 3 system.  What are you running for version and distro?

-Jon

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