I just tested with Gstreamer-0.8 and it works just fine (there is no 'audiotestsrc' element, so I used an mp3 file):
$ gst-launch-0.8 filesrc location=smash.mp3 ! mad ! alsasink RUNNING pipeline ... and with 0.10... $ gst-launch-0.10 filesrc location=smash.mp3 ! mad ! alsasink Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... Pipeline is PREROLLING ... ERROR: from element /pipeline0/alsasink0: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. Additional debug info: gstalsasink.c(666): set_hwparams (): /pipeline0/alsasink0: Unable to set buffer time 200000 for playback: Invalid argument ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll. Setting pipeline to NULL ... FREEING pipeline ... -- Dapper- alsasink does not work https://launchpad.net/bugs/44943 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs