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DAAP share not playing in rhythmbox [karmic beta]

Asked by Benjamin McGough

Trying out karmic beta rhythmbox on client and mt-daapd on server. mt-daapd streams to my Roku OK, but cannot stream to rhytmbox - I get "Unable to start playback pipeline" errors. I can connect to the daap share, and find songs, but playing fails. Running rhythmbox in debug, I see this:

(11:42:52) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:534: state change was successful
(11:42:52) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:530: setting playbin state to PLAYING
(11:42:52) [0x8816028] [rb_daap_src_open] rb-daap-src.c:462: Connecting to DAAP source: daap://192.168.42.1:3689/databases/1/items/6739.ogg?session-id=3
(11:42:52) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:547: state change failed
(11:42:52) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:608: playbin reached state READY
(11:42:57) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:564: state change is taking too long..
(11:42:57) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:530: setting playbin state to READY
(11:42:57) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:547: state change failed
(11:43:02) [0x8816028] [set_state_and_wait] rb-player-gst.c:564: state change is taking too long..
(11:43:02) [0x8816028] [rb_shell_player_sync_with_source] rb-shell-player.c:2897: playing source: 0x925a140, active entry: 0xb2d57240
(11:43:02) [0x8816028] [rb_shell_set_window_title] rb-shell.c:2011: setting title to "Red Hot Chili Peppers - Yertle the Turtle"
(11:43:02) [0x8816028] [show_controls] rb-visualizer-plugin.c:866: showing controls
(11:43:02) [0x8816028] [rb_shell_player_sync_buttons] rb-shell-player.c:2992: syncing with source 0x925a140
(11:43:02) [0x8816028] [show_controls] rb-visualizer-plugin.c:866: showing controls
(11:43:02) [0x8816028] [rb_shell_player_error] rb-shell-player.c:3368: playback error while playing: Unable to start playback pipeline

If I take that URI (daap://192.168.42.1:3689/databases/1/items/6739.ogg?session-id=3) replace 'daap' with 'http' and put it into a Firefox address bar, it plays the song. I can also play the same file in Rhythmbox if I copy it onto local disk and add it to the library. So it seems that mt-daapd is working, ogg playback is working, but they don't work together.

How do I get more information about why it is failing?

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emilio (emiliomaggio) said : 		#1

I have the same problem this seems a bug

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Lyndon (lyndon-peasley) said : 		#2

I'm a complete newbe to Unbuntu (using 9.10) and had the same problem. Uninstall Rhythmbox and re-install from the Software Center - fixed this for me.

Sorry this won't help you with finding the cause of this specific problem, but it could work if you just want to get Rhythmbox working.

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radostyle (mr--jon) said : 		#3

I also had this problem on 9.10 with rhythmbox. Reinstalling changed the error message but it still wouldn't play, so I tried Banshee and it can handle it without a problem.

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