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Hi,

Many questions to help us to understand :
- Have you make a sound test (via another tools like vlc or via the gnome panel sound)
- Do you read a music on your hard drive or a USB key ?
- What is your version of Rhythmbox and Gstreamer ? (dpkg -l | egrep "gstreamer|rhythmbox")
- What is your version of Ubuntu ?

Best regards

hi

thanks for answering so quickly

tried sound panel, got same error

music is on hard drive

ubuntu version =7.10

alex@TempleOfMercury:~$ dpkg -l | egrep "gstreamer|rhythmbox"
ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii gstreamer0.10-esd 0.10.6-0ubuntu4 GStreamer plugin for ESD
ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.2-2ubuntu1 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugin for GnomeVFS
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.5-4ubuntu1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse 0.10.5-1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set (Multiv
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer helper programs from the "base" se
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.6-0ubuntu4 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.6-0ubuntu2 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse 0.10.6-0ubuntu1 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set (Multi
ii gstreamer0.10-tools 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 Tools for use with GStreamer
ii gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 Core GStreamer libraries and elements
ii rhythmbox 0.11.2-0ubuntu4 music player and organizer for GNOME
ii totem-gstreamer 2.20.0-0ubuntu3 A simple media player for the Gnome desktop

problem seems to have resolved it's self, thanks anyway

I'm getting the same error. Music is on my HD on my Lenovo x60s, I'm using Ubuntu 7.10, and

dpkg -l | egrep "gstreamer|rhythmbox"
ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii gstreamer0.10-esd 0.10.6-0ubuntu4 GStreamer plugin for ESD
ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.2-2ubuntu1 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugin for GnomeVFS
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.5-4ubuntu1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse 0.10.5-1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set (Multiv
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer helper programs from the "base" se
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.6-0ubuntu4 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.6-0ubuntu2 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii gstreamer0.10-tools 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 Tools for use with GStreamer
ii gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.14-1ubuntu3 Core GStreamer libraries and elements
ii rhythmbox 0.11.2-0ubuntu4 music player and organizer for GNOME
ii totem-gstreamer 2.20.0-0ubuntu3 A simple media player for the Gnome desktop

Restarting Rhythmbox didn't help, but a reboot made the problem go away.

i get the same problem trying to listen to radio, ie unknown playback error. tried reboot but nothing seems to work?