Bug#370408: totem-xine: Totem ignores user's .asoundrc and /etc/asound.conf during 5.1 sound playback

[Kevin Brown]

Package: totem-xine
Version: 1.4.1-1
Severity: important


On my system, I have to use the following .asoundrc in order to get 5.1
playback to play properly through my headphones:


	pcm.!default {
	type hw
	card 0
	}

	ctl.!default {
	type hw           
	card 0
	}


Totem 1.2.1-3 would play DVDs using a digital 5.1 soundtrack (mainly
Dolby Digital soundtracks) properly: it would mix all channels
(including, most notabley, the center channel) into the left and right channels
during playback.  Without the above .asoundrc, all channels aside from
the front left and front right channels would be dropped.

With totem 1.4.1-1, playback acts as if I don't have the above
.asoundrc: all channels aside from front left and front right are
dropped.  That includes the center channel, so I cannot hear dialog
during movies unless I play the 2-channel Dolby surround track, which
usually has noticably worse sound quality.


So I'm forced to revert to 1.2.1-3 in order to get a decent DVD playing
experience from Totem.


Note that it appears to ignore /etc/asound.conf as well.  That is,
putting the above in /etc/asound.conf appears to make no difference.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-amd64-generic
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages totem-xine depends on:
ii  gconf2                 2.14.0-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.17-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.11.4-2          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.14.0-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.14.0-2          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.3.6-7           GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.0.4-2           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-2            0.61-5            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.61-5            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.3.2-5.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libgcc1                1:4.1.0-4         GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4            2.14.0-1          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.5.1-2         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.10.2-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2     2.14.1.1-1        Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0      0.4.9-1           GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0            2.14.1-2          The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.14.0-2          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.14.1-1          The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         2.14.1-2          GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.8.16-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liblircclient0         0.8.0-3           LIRC client library
ii  libnautilus-extension1 2.14.1-4          libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2              1:2.14.0-1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.12.3-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0               1.7-5             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.8-1             library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++6             4.1.0-4           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtotem-plparser1     1.4.1-1           Totem Playlist Parser library - ru
ii  libx11-6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1            1.1.3-1           X cursor management library
ii  libxext6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxfixes3             6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 X Window System miscellaneous 'fix
ii  libxi6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxine1               1.1.1-1.1         the xine video/media player librar
ii  libxinerama1           6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxml2                2.6.24.dfsg-1     GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2             6.9.0.dfsg.1-6+b1 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.0.2-1       X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-11        compression library - runtime

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