Thanks for providing the example file. This bug is caused by the backend of Totem, in this case namely xine. The gstreamer version of Totem works fine (totem-gstreamer), so do all other gstreamer based applications and a few more.
** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: totem => xine-lib Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- totem does not play 24-bit wav files but plays loud noise https://launchpad.net/bugs/65594 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs