[GRLUG] Sound issues

[Michael Mol]

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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A while back I mention that I am
> having problems with the sound
> system under Kubuntu 10.04.
> While playing a long list of tunes,
> using Amarok, it just quits, usually
> between track.
> I did a little digging, and apparently
> there's been a total rewrite of Amarok,
> after version 1.4.  So while 2.30 looks
> more up to date, and hopefully more
> bug free, than 1.4, it ain't necessarily
> so.
> Some pundits are claiming that the
> rewrite is a significant step backwards
> from 1.4, which seemed to work well
> enough in my experience.  Features
> like random track selection are now
> gone, if only temporarily.
> One apparent pundit was sufficiently
> ticked that he rolled his own player:
>
> http://qmmp.ylsoftware.com/features_en.php
> I did find a hack to get around the
> sound system quitting without a reboot:
> alsa force-reload
> I make sure to quit Amarok before
> running.
> Anyway,  Amarok might be a case of
> "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."  Version
> 2.3.1 has recently been announced.
> Maybe that will fix some of the more
> annoying issues.  But suffice it to say
> that there a world of grousing out there.
>    -- Bob
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