<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A while back I mention that I am</font></span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">having problems with the sound</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">system under Kubuntu 10.04.  </font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">While playing a long list of tunes,</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">using Amarok, it just quits, usually</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">between track.</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">I did a little digging, and apparently</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">there's been a total rewrite of Amarok,</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">after version 1.4.  So while 2.30 looks</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">more up to date, and hopefully more</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">bug free, than 1.4, it ain't necessarily</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">so.  </font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Some pundits are claiming that the</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">rewrite is a significant step backwards</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">from 1.4, which seemed to work well</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">enough in my experience.  Features</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">like random track selection are now</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">gone, if only temporarily.</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">One apparent pundit was sufficiently</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ticked that he rolled his own player:<br>
</font></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><a href="http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/features_en.php" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/features_en.php</font></span></a></div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">I did find a hack to get around the </font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">sound system quitting without a reboot:</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">alsa force-reload</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">I make sure to quit Amarok before</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">running.  </font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Anyway,  Amarok might be a case of</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">"if it ain't broke, don't fix it."  Version</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">2.3.1 has recently been announced.</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Maybe that will fix some of the more </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">annoying issues.  But suffice it to say</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">that there a world of grousing out there.</font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></div><font color="#888888"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">   -- Bob</font></span></div><div><br></div></font></span><font color="#888888"></font><font color="#888888"></font>
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