Rhythmbox problem

[Bill Mills-Curran]

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:22:03PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote:
> From: Bill Mills-Curran <bill at mills-curran.net>
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> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:22:03 -0500
> Subject: Rhythmbox problem
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> 
> Problem: Rhythmbox has suddenly stopped being able to play from a
> (radio) network stream.  It had been able to play previously, but
> stopped.  I think the problem occurred when I had rhythmbox running,
> but not playing anything while I was playing something on youtube.
> 
> I've tried these URLs, and they both fail:
> 
> http://www.wbur.org/wp-content/themes/wbur/live_stream/ogg.m3u
> 
> http://streams.wgbh.org/wgbh.m3u
> 
> Both streams work fine with VLC.  Rhythmbox works with at least some
> of my music collection formats.  I can play podcasts OK.
> 
> I always start rhythmbox from a terminal window.  Here are the error
> messages in the terminal window that I get when trying to play either
> stream:
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> bcurran_silver> ** Message: don't know how to handle text/uri-list
> Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugin:
> gstreamer|0.10|rhythmbox|text/uri-list decoder|decoder-text/uri-list
> 
> (rhythmbox:13231): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable
> type `(null)' in cast to `GstMiniObject'
> 
> (rhythmbox:13231): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_mini_object_unref:
> assertion `mini_object->refcount > 0' failed
> no application found
> Rhythmbox-Message: No installation candidate for missing plugins
> found.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> I also get a popup: Couldn't start playback
> A text/uri-list decoder plugin is required to play this stream, but
> not installed.
> 
> New additional error message that I get just starting rhythmbox.
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> bcurran_silver> rhythmbox &
> [2] 16884
> bcurran_silver> 
> (rhythmbox:16884): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Could not open device
> /dev/radio0
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> System & installation info:
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> bcurran_silver> rhythmbox --version
> GNOME rhythmbox 0.11.5
> 
> bcurran_silver> lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
> Description:       Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
> Release:           8.04
> Codename:          hardy
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Any suggestion on how to recover my ability to play radio streams with
> rhythmbox?
> 
> TIA,
> Bill
> 
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I finally deinstalled rhythmbox, cleaned out its files from .gnome2
and .gconf and reinstalled it.  Now it works, although I have to
recover my radio stations, etc. copies of the old config files.

Bill