[Bug 1086389] Re: Amarok seems to stop playback when playing different file formats consecutively

[Benjamin Tegge]

** Description changed:

  Affected Releases:
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04
  Release:        12.04
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
  Release:        12.10
  
  Current package version:
  amarok:
-   Installed: 2:2.6.0-0ubuntu2.1
+   Installed: 2:2.6.0-0ubuntu2.1
  phonon-backend-gstreamer:
-   Installed: 4:4.7.0really4.6.2-0ubuntu1
+   Installed: 4:4.7.0really4.6.2-0ubuntu1
  
  Expected behaviour: Amarok should play files of different file formats
  from playlist consecutively
  
  Observed behaviour: Amarok seems stops playback during transtition from
  a certain file format to another, but continues to play a random track
  of the same format/album after some minutes
  
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  Detailed description:
- I have different file formats in my music library (MP3, OGG Vorbis and FLAC). I have noticed that Amarok seems to stop playback after playing certain albums or tracks. I found out that this behaviour is triggerd during a transtition from one format to another. When I let Amarok continue to play, it does not stop playback, but you cannot hear anything and the status indicators don't change, after a few minutes it continues somewhere in the middle of the album (another track but the same format) at which beginning the playback stopped. 
+ I have different file formats in my music library (MP3, OGG Vorbis and FLAC). I have noticed that Amarok seems to stop playback after playing certain albums or tracks. I found out that this behaviour is triggerd during a transtition from one format to another. When I let Amarok continue to play, it does not stop playback, but you cannot hear anything and the status indicators don't change, after a few minutes it continues somewhere in the middle of the album (another track but the same format) at which beginning the playback stopped.
  
  I first noticed this behaviour in 12.04. I had no such issues with
  10.10, which used the now deprecated xine backend.
  
  Selected Phonon Backend: phonon-backend-gstreamer
  
- Transition where playback stops:
+ Transition where playback seems to stop:
  Vorbis -> FLAC
  FLAC -> Vorbis
  FLAC (24bit/48kHz) -> FLAC (16bit/44.1kHz)
- FLAC (16bit/44.1kHz) -> FLAC (24bit/48kHz) 
+ FLAC (16bit/44.1kHz) -> FLAC (24bit/48kHz)
  
- Transition where playback continues:
+ Transition where playback continues as expected:
  MP3 -> FLAC, Vorbis
  FLAC, Vorbis -> MP3

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  Amarok seems to stop playback when playing different file formats
  consecutively

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