On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 22:35 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Rhythmbox (aka Music Player) won't open radio stations (Groove Salad, > Bluemars, or other stations from the internet). It tells me "couldn't > start playback (null)". Once in a blue moon, several minutes later, > it'll connect and start playing a station, without acknowledging that > it's connected, thereby not allowing me any control (to make it stop the > one station, I'll have to quit the program). Often it will freeze, > alleging that I've paused a station, at which point I'll have to force > it to quit. > > It will play ogg or mp3 files on my system. However, it won't stop, > it'll only pause. If, after I've played an ogg or mp3, I try to play an > internet radio station, it'll reopen the last ogg or mp3 I played. > Once that's done, it'll just freeze. > > Is anyone else having issues like this with Rhythmbox? > > It's version 0.9.5-2, on Etch. I use Gnome. > > Mark > > PS, I shoulda stuck with Sarge. Curiousity killed this cat, and, alas, > satisfaction has not yet brought me back.
Sorry you're disappointed with Etch; I upgraded to it and have been pleased. I use rhythmbox on Gnome and Etch (amd64) without problems (all updated). Except that it doesn't seem to like some radio stations. But on those, it will play for a few seconds, then start buffering and not stop. And it will stop/pause/whatever without any problems. Sorry not to have helped any... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]