On Mon, Dec 10, 2007, Josh Triplett wrote: > Recently, I noticed that quodlibet started clipping some mp3s, with a > noticeable static pop. Other players, such as mplayer or totem (using > totem-xine), play the same files fine with no clipping. I tried > gst-launch with the mad decoder, and it had the same clipping. > gst-launch with "ffdemux_mp3 ! ffdec_mp3" as the decoder did not clip. > Finally, I tried using sox (which uses libmad) to convert the file > from mp3 to wav, which generated the message "sox sox: temp.wav: > output clipped 48802 samples; decrease volume?". However, the resulting wav > did not clip in any player. > > I tried to downgrade gstreamer to an older version to determine what > version introduced the regression, but the resulting gstreamer did not > want to play mp3s; mad would not hook up to alsasink, or to wavenc. > > As a first guess, I've filed the bug against > gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly; however, the problem may well lie > elsewhere.
I don't think you tried with anything else than MP3; do you hear cracking with other formats? -- Loïc Minier
