Bug#578720: vorbis-tools: Sends invalid argument to ALSA when playing some files

[John Talbut]

Package: vorbis-tools
Version: 1.2.0-6
Severity: normal

Certain files will not play with ogg123, e.g.:

~$ ogg123 /data/Sounds/Barbara_Allen.ogg

Audio Device:   Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) output

Playing: /data/Sounds/Barbara_Allen.ogg
Ogg Vorbis stream: 1 channel, 44100 Hz
ALSA snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels error: Invalid argument
Error: Cannot open device alsa.

Others play fine.
Fails:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Barbara_Allen.ogg
Plays OK:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/FootprintsInTheSnow.ogg

This may be related to mono files, as discussed at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/gnewsense-dev@nongnu.org/msg02135.html

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-20100315 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vorbis-tools depends on:
ii  libao2                      0.8.8-5      Cross Platform Audio Output 
Librar
ii  libc6                       2.10.2-6     Embedded GNU C Library: 
Shared lib
ii  libcurl3-gnutls             7.20.0-3     Multi-protocol file 
transfer libra
ii  libflac8                    1.2.1-2+b1   Free Lossless Audio Codec - 
runtim
ii  libogg0                     1.1.4~dfsg-2 Ogg bitstream library
ii  libspeex1                   1.2~rc1-1    The Speex codec runtime library
ii  libvorbis0a                 1.3.1-1      The Vorbis General Audio 
Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc2               1.3.1-1      The Vorbis General Audio 
Compressi
ii  libvorbisfile3              1.3.1-1      The Vorbis General Audio 
Compressi

vorbis-tools recommends no packages.

vorbis-tools suggests no packages.

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