Bug 209666 - Unavailable sound output device is busy: xine parameters
Summary: Unavailable sound output device is busy: xine parameters
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: amarok
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Amarok Developers
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Reported: 2009-10-06 20:46 UTC by gabimilito
Modified: 2009-10-06 20:54 UTC (History)
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Description gabimilito 2009-10-06 20:46:07 UTC 
Version:           1.4.10 (using 3.5.10, Debian Package 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny2 (5.0.2))
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.26-2-686

If you try to play another song of the song list when is already playing one song, sometimes alsa crashed, and appears that bug:
"Unavailable sound; output device is busy. xine parameters: "
and then it tries to change to another song from the song list, without any success.

To resolve the problem, you have to login as root and do a force restart to alsa:
# alsa force-reload
it kills the amarok process (and any other process that uses sound), and when you restart the amarok, and this is again well
Comment 1 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-10-06 20:53:54 UTC 
Sorry, but Amarok 1.4 is not maintained anymore since quite some time. Check out Amatrok 2.2 :)
Comment 2 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-10-06 20:54:20 UTC 
typo: Amarok 2.2, of course :)