Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Popping sound at beginning of mp3s

[Mike Rhodes <zines dx13 co uk>]

Hmm, forgot the rather vital information:

Rhythmbox: 0.6.1
gstreamer: 0.6.3

Ciao,
     Mike                     zines@dx13.co.uk | www.dx13.co.uk


Mike Rhodes wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been sent some mp3s by my friend, who I am fairly sure ripped 
> them using iTunes on Mac, set to mp3 encoding. Aside from changing the 
> default to mp3 from AAC and upping the bitrate, I think the rest of the 
> settings were left at their default values.
> 
> However, I have problems with them on my PC. I have tried them on four 
> different players, with the following results:
> 
> mplayer: plays the track fine
> xmms   : also fine
> Totem w/Xine : weird popping noise for first second of track
> Rhythmbox: weird noise, crashes
> 
> The same thing happens with
> gst-launch-0.6 filesrc location=music/12\ Ray.mp3 ! mad ! osssink
> as happens with Rhythmbox.
> 
> I've uploaded a sample mp3 to http://www.dx13.co.uk/aimee/12%20Ray.mp3
> 
> I have a feeling the track only has id3v2 data if that could be causing 
> the problem.
>