I still experience this bug on transitions to FLAC from either mp3 or ogg. The transition from mp3 to ogg doesn't give me any problems anymore. This was fixed since this commit arrived in the audio stack:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016564.html gst-plugins-base0.10 (0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low * debian/patches/git_timestamps_discard_issue.patch: - "don't discard timestamps when consecutive input buffers have the same ts", should fix playback pausing on mp3 to ogg transitions in rhythmbox (lp: #921071) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978604 Title: Banshee/Rhythmbox regularly stop playing audio when left on in the background To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/978604/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs