I confirm the bug on Ubuntu Gnome 14.04. Rythmbox stops after the first second of the song. I have the following lines in the syslog:
xxx pulseaudio[1792]: [alsa-sink-92HD90BXX Analog] ratelimit.c: 88 events suppressed xxx pulseaudio[1792]: [alsa-sink-92HD90BXX Analog] protocol-native.c: Failed to push data into queue -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978604 Title: Banshee/Rhythmbox regularly stop playing audio when left on in the background To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/978604/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs