Running 'vlc -v' on the problematic CD 'Hot Rats' disc I got Run 1 - very jerky sound, sound only in widely separated spurts.
[0x8ac3908] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [0xb07ee848] cdda access warning: found 6 matches in CDDB. Using first one. [0xb07bf0a0] main stream error: cannot pre fill buffer [0xb5400618] main input warning: cannot create a stream_t from access [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9727), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-32902), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] pulse audio output warning: underflow [0xb5403af0] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms) [0xb5403af0] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (40075), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (16962), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-6193), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9690), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-32848), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] pulse audio output warning: underflow [0xb5403af0] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1043 ms) [0xb5403af0] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (40037), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (16921), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-6223), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9723), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-32883), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] pulse audio output warning: underflow [0xb5403af0] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 4355 ms) [0xb5403af0] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (40038), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (16919), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-6273), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9810), dropping buffer [0xb2604c20] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-33006), dropping buffer david:~$ [0xb2604c20] pulse audio output warning: underflow ... and so on ... So then I took the CD out and re-seated it in the drive. This time it played just fine and vlc said [0xb260bbf0] cdda access warning: found 6 matches in CDDB. Using first one. [0xb260c100] main stream error: cannot pre fill buffer [0xb5400618] main input warning: cannot create a stream_t from access [0xb0635198] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9888), dropping buffer [0xb0635198] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-33059), dropping buffer [0xb260c898] wav demux warning: cannot read data [0xb0635198] pulse audio output warning: underflow [0xb0635198] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-9937), dropping buffer [0xb0635198] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-33001), dropping buffer and then quieted down and played fine. Then without touching the drive, I shut dowm vlc and started up rythmbox. But it could only play a few seconds of music before falling silent. After that 'vlc -v' again and it was back to lots of [0xb5400750] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (40031), dropping buffer and ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1065 ms) messages. and the music could not be heard. Then I Ejected disk, reinserted and ran via 'vlc -v'. This time it played ok again. Not obvious if this is a dvd drive problem, a disk problem, or a rhythmbox problem. But possibly my earlier testing with vlc and rhythmbox together without taking the disc out in between may have been misleading about the capabilities of VLC. I can play Patty Smith Horses if I run 'vlc' from command line and select disk. But not if I tell the Ubuntu auto disk detector to run vlc on the disk ? So last one Patty Smith Easter. Insert Select 'vlc' from automounter dialogue box A 1/2 sec burst of sound then nothing. Eject disk Reinsert Cancel from automounter dialogue box Run vlc -v from command line Devices / Discs / CD / cdda://dev/sr0 / play This time it plays just fine! So, shut vlc. Eject disk. Reinsert. Cancel from automounter dialogue box Run rhythmbox -d from command line Select Devices / Easter / Play It plays for a bit and falls silent. Summary then. I can play all my test CDs with VLC from the command line. But only one of them with Rhythmbox. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1021707 Title: No sound or jerky sound when playing Audio CDs in rhythmbox Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Playing commercial audio CDs worked fine for me in rhythmbox in the initial release of Ubuntu 12.04 (May 2012). However sometime between then and 5th Jul 2012, they have stopped working. Currently I get either a few seconds of sound and then nothing, or the first few seconds of each track are very jerky and then rest of track plays ok. Movies / Audio from YouTube work fine in Firefox and Chromium. Commercial move DVDs play fine audio/visual in MoviePlayer Audio from .ogg files on my hard disk play fine in Rhythmbox. So some problem with reading audio from CDs. I have tried the suggestions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/PositionReporting none of which helped. This is related to various reported bugs, but I dont know enough to say for sure that they are duplicates. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2012727 sounds relevant Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 rhythmbox: Installed: 2.96-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 2.96-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 2.96-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: rhythmbox 2.96-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Jul 6 13:27:54 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1021707/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
