[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 677555] Re: banshee unable to stream audio for more than a few minutes

[Roger Binns]

The version information is right in the original description as ubuntu-
bug records.  See the line:

Package: banshee 1.8.0-2ubuntu1~maverick1

Note the problem is *not* subscribing to RSS feeds or letting banshee
download the contents, neither of which I do.  The problem is in playing
a URL directly.  For example in the feed the first item points to
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/blog.dance-
tunes.com/sensation/2010/de/WK52_SENSATION_DE-FEDDE_LE_GRAND.mp3 so
enter that as the URL in Open Location.

The bug is most likely in the buffering such as buffer underflows which
means that other factors such as how busy my link is and the provider's
link become.  There is no preference for controlling buffer size in
Banshee.

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Title:
  banshee unable to stream audio for more than a few minutes

Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: banshee

  I like to listen to various one hour long music podcasts from dance
  tunes radio.  From their RSS feed I get the URL to a podcast and then
  in banshee Open Location and paste it in.  Banshee will start playing
  the podcast but after anywhere from one to twenty minutes will
  suddenly stop.  The screen will show it buffering and stuck, for
  example right now at 9%.  The play pause button also changes to the
  green play icon.  If I use wget against the podcast then it downloads
  just fine.  An example feed is http://blog.dance-
  tunes.com/sensation/Sensation_Podcast.xml

  (No I don't want to do RSS feed subscription within banshee - I just
  want it to play URLs reliably.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: banshee 1.8.0-2ubuntu1~maverick1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Nov 19 09:36:32 2010
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: banshee