Bug 522831 - Gstreamer backend for KDE issues after latest pulse audio, kernel, and alsa updates
Summary: Gstreamer backend for KDE issues after latest pulse audio, kernel, and alsa u...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: phonon
Version: 11
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Rex Dieter
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: phonon-gst-tracker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-09-11 17:21 UTC by Kurt Bechstein
Modified: 2010-01-28 00:55 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 4.3.80-5.fc11.2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2010-01-28 00:55:01 UTC
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amarok --debug 2> err.txt (161.21 KB, text/plain)
2009-09-27 16:23 UTC, Christoph Karl
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Description Kurt Bechstein 2009-09-11 17:21:55 UTC
Description of problem:
I recently installed the latest round of kernel, pulseaudio, and alsa updates and since doing this there are huge latency issues with sounds in KDE.  For instance in Amarok just to skip from one song to another can take up to a minute before the next song starts playing.  Another thing I have noticed is that when I get an instant message in kopete I'll see the message and about 30 seconds later here the notification tone.  


In KDE I went into system settings and switched the backend to Xine and logged out and back in and all hesitation problems were gone.  I'm not sure which one of the upgrades caused this issue but things have definitely changed for me.  Here is my current package information with regards to the above mentioned components:
phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.3.1-6.fc11.i586
phonon-backend-xine-4.3.1-6.fc11.i586
phonon-4.3.1-6.fc11.i586
kernel-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586
pulseaudio-libs-glib2-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
pulseaudio-libs-zeroconf-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
pulseaudio-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
pulseaudio-libs-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.20-2.fc11.i586
pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
xine-lib-pulseaudio-1.1.16.3-2.fc11.i586
kde-settings-pulseaudio-4.2-12.noarch
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
alsa-lib-1.0.21-3.fc11.i586
alsa-utils-1.0.21-2.fc11.i586
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.20-2.fc11.i586
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.21-3.fc11.i586



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install latest updates.
2.Enable Gstreamer backend in KDE and try a sound application.
3.Use Xine backend and try same application and notice no issues.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

Using intel audio hardware in a Dell Latitude D830.

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_06634b69-132c-415b-9a03-8758543665b2

Comment 1 Steven M. Parrish 2009-09-13 01:58:22 UTC
Thank you for taking the time to report this issue.

This is an issue that needs to be addressed by the upstream developers. Please report this at http://bugs.kde.org and then add the upstream report information to this report.  We will monitor the upstream report for a resolution to this issue, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates.

Setting status to NEEDINFO, and awaiting upstream bug report URL for tracking.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Steven M. Parrish - KDE Triage Master
                  - PackageKit Triager
Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers

Comment 2 Kevin Kofler 2009-09-13 02:24:41 UTC
Are we even sure this is a KDE bug in the first place? It seems this got triggered by an update in the underlying packages (pulseaudio, alsa-* or kernel). That said, it's really strange that Phonon-GStreamer has the problem and Phonon-Xine doesn't, that'd point to a Phonon-GStreamer or GStreamer bug.

Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2009-09-13 03:33:54 UTC
and/or related to < f12 phonon, not being able to use gstreamer-pulseaudio (aka bug #513421)

Comment 4 Kurt Bechstein 2009-09-13 03:59:06 UTC
Out of curiosity are others noticing this behavior?

Comment 5 Michael Carney 2009-09-22 20:02:33 UTC
Yes, I'm noticing this behavior as well, using juk with gstreamer backend. Worked great in F10 and then F11 until about two weeks or so. Now when I play a album, I get to wait about 5 minutes between each track before the next track plays. No error messages anywhere - just this annoying pause.

Comment 6 Christoph Karl 2009-09-27 16:23:11 UTC
Created attachment 362823 [details]
amarok --debug 2> err.txt

Comment 7 Christoph Karl 2009-09-27 16:25:47 UTC
Me also noticing this behavior.
Since one of the latest F11 updates amarok does not play any songs.
I uploaded "amarok --debug"
Only diff I have is that I use Phonon-Xine.

Comment 8 Kevin Kofler 2009-09-27 19:07:06 UTC
> Only diff I have is that I use Phonon-Xine.

Then it might be a different bug.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2010-01-21 13:16:19 UTC
kdebase-runtime-4.3.4-2.fc11.1,phonon-4.3.80-3.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kdebase-runtime-4.3.4-2.fc11.1,phonon-4.3.80-3.fc11

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2010-01-22 16:36:19 UTC
phonon-4.3.80-5.fc11.2,kdebase-runtime-4.3.4-3.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/phonon-4.3.80-5.fc11.2,kdebase-runtime-4.3.4-3.fc11

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2010-01-26 00:59:46 UTC
phonon-4.3.80-5.fc11.2, kdebase-runtime-4.3.4-3.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update phonon kdebase-runtime'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2010-1024

Comment 12 Kurt Bechstein 2010-01-26 13:58:49 UTC
Updated the packages as mentioned above and so far everything is working much better with Gstreamer as the preferred backend.  No issues with Amarok and slow responses.  So as of now I would say this one is fixed.  Thanks a lot for the fix!

Comment 13 Michael Carney 2010-01-26 17:59:50 UTC
Updated to:

Jan 26 09:50:59 Updated: phonon-4.3.80-5.fc11.2.i586
Jan 26 09:51:02 Updated: kdebase-runtime-libs-4.3.4-3.fc11.i586
Jan 26 09:51:16 Updated: kdebase-runtime-4.3.4-3.fc11.i586
Jan 26 09:51:17 Updated: 2:phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.3.80-5.fc11.2.i586
Jan 26 09:51:17 Updated: phonon-backend-xine-4.3.80-5.fc11.2.i586

and juk + gstreamer is working again. Thanks.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2010-01-28 00:54:51 UTC
phonon-4.3.80-5.fc11.2, kdebase-runtime-4.3.4-3.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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