I should supplement ”add another MKV file to the playlist and there’s no problem” with that the second file could also be the same file, so that the playlist is comprised of two instances of the same file. This way it works audiowise the way it should even with the file there just once, so it’s an effective, albeit silly workaround.
With just one file on the playlist and looped (with repeat mode on), at about 0:24 during the second play the audio goes mute and doesn’t recover by itself. Restarting the video by double-clicking on the playlist item makes the audio come back.
The funny thing is, if you add another MKV file to the playlist and let it loop between the two files, there’s no problem. But with the single file repeating it looks to be 100% reproducible.
Doesn’t seem to be reproducible using MP4 or AVI files, just MKV. Not reproducible with VLC. I’ve thus far found at least two MKV files [1], [2] that reproduce this 100 %. IIRC, the issue didn’t occur with these same files back in Lucid.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Download one of the aforementioned MKV files.
2. Load it in Totem.
3. Set ’Repeat Mode’ on.
4. Play the file, wait for it to loop.
What happens:
At about 0:24 during the second play the audio goes mute.
What I expect to happen:
The audio to continue playing normally during the second and subsequent loops also.
*[1] http://www.archive.org/download/GhostbustersToolAssistedSpeedrun/ghostbusters-tas-glitchman.mkv
*[2] http://www.archive.org/download/NesAction52theCheetahmenBySwordlessLinkIn0356.06/action52-cheetahmen-tas-swordlesslink.mkv
I marked this as being Fixed for ”totem (Ubuntu)” because –no-existing-session has been removed from Totem altogether ( I’ve verified this in 12.04). So the bug as I initially described it no longer exists in recent *buntu.
This no longer happens so I’m marking this as being fixed.
Totem crashes when trying to use the ’open file’ dialog to navigate to a certain subdirectory (containing only two subdirectories). This happens with 99% certainty. In the remaining 1% it happens when I proceed to one of the two sub-subdirectories. Unlike bug #891460, this is on an ext4 partition.
–no-existing-session is is a handy little parameter, as documented by –help:
jani@saegusa:~$ LC_ALL=C totem –help | grep no-existing
–no-existing-session Don’t connect to an already-running
instance
Totem’s man page however fails to mention –no-existing-session altogether.
jani@saegusa:~$ man -P cat totem | grep no-existing
jani@saegusa:~$
–no-existing-session is is a handy little parameter, as documented by –help:
jani@saegusa:~$ LC_ALL=C totem –help | grep no-existing
–no-existing-session Don’t connect to an already-running
instance
Totem’s man page however fails to mention –no-existing-session altogether.
jani@saegusa:~$ man -P cat totem | grep no-existing
jani@saegusa:~$