According to bug #72477 that's fixed with rhythmbox 0.9.6. Marking as fixed. We might consider a backport of the fix if we get enough informations to figure what change fixed it exactly and how easy is the patch for it
** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- Rhythmbox freezes when launching it while writing CD using Nautilus CD Burner https://launchpad.net/bugs/38623 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs