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oksana

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From: a forest of popsicles

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 15

Switching Tracks in Rhythmbox Causes Popping Noise? [solved]

A friend and I recently installed Arch on a spare computer and really liked it, but we had a problem with the sound that was really annoying that we couldn't figure out how to fix. We followed the alsa wiki instructions and were able to get the sound working good for programs like Mplayer and Audacious, but Rhythmbox caused a loud scratching/popping noise when switching to different songs. Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have caused this, and ways it might be fixed?

Thanks!

Last edited by oksana (2007-08-19 04:16:23)

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Snarkout

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Registered: 2005-11-13

Posts: 542

Re: Switching Tracks in Rhythmbox Causes Popping Noise? [solved]

I don't use rhythm box, but I had a similar issue with amarok a while ago with songs that had been encoded with album art in their tags.  My issue was specifically iTunes encoded mp3s, but IIRC others reported the same issue with other programs, including easytag.  Stripping album art from all tags fixed the issue - frankly, I don't need album art attached to my music anyhow.  If you're talking about CD's, then I have no idea what the issue might be.

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oksana

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From: a forest of popsicles

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 15

Re: Switching Tracks in Rhythmbox Causes Popping Noise? [solved]

OK, great, thanks for that helpful information!

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"Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic." - Dostoevsky

oksana

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From: a forest of popsicles

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 15

Re: Switching Tracks in Rhythmbox Causes Popping Noise? [solved]

I was able to get around to installing Arch today and realized we had been using the AUR SVN version of Rhythmbox when this problem occurred. The version in the repositories does not cause this problem. Just wanted to update this post in case anyone else has the same problem in the future.

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"Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic." - Dostoevsky