[Bug 558331] [NEW] Pulseaudio should be default playback device

[Ernst]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: amarok

I have Amarok installed on Lucid. I have xine installed as the only backend. Sometimes, after playing some songs, the playback stops and only a restart of the whole system resolves this. The probability is higher if other applications have/are play(ed)(ing) some sound.
I discovered that phonon does not use pulseaudio by default (Settings > Configure Amarok > Playback > Configure Phonon). Instead, it was listed as last entry on my system. So, sometimes the default analog device fails and then Amarok will skip to the second device: a digital out which is not in use on my system, resulting in silence.

Moving the pulseaudio output to the first place solve those problems (PA
always works). I think this should be the default output for Amarok in
Ubuntu, as Ubuntu relies heavily on PA. (Therefore, I decided to report
this bug here and not upstream, as it seems as packaging choice.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: amarok 2:2.3.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr  8 12:03:41 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100122)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: amarok

** Affects: amarok (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Pulseaudio should be default playback device
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558331
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