Bug#520395: Audacity sometimes suddenly hangs when playing a file

[Holger Wagemann]

Package: audacity
Version: 1.3.7-2

Dear Maintainer,

with the new version 1.3.7 of audacity shipped into Sid in the last weeks, 
I've notized a strange behavior of this program on my 64 Bit Machine and also 
on my Thinkpad R51: When I play normal audiofiles with it, sometimes the 
program stopps unexpectedly. The Play button stay pressed, but it is not a 
total crash. I can press Stop and then start with play normally from that 
position, where audacity has hanged before. Let me specify "sometimes":
Audacity do that sometimes, when I open annother applikation, but also 
sometimes, when I do nothing other on my machine.

With older versions of audacity I have not had such effects.

I use for playing and recording the setting "alsa default", my system is an 
up-to-date Sid / sidux.

I hope this report is usefull for you. Please tell me, if you need further 
information.

With best regards,
  Holger