[Bug 267155] New: Pidgin notification sounds have a bad crackle.

[elbarto at gmail.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267155

           Summary: Pidgin notification sounds have a bad crackle.
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.6
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: elbarto at gmail.com


Version:           4.6 (using KDE 4.6.0) 
OS:                Linux

I've seen this bug reported before and misdiagnosed multiple times.  I think
people believe that it's been fixed, but I can verify that it's been happening
to me over several KDE versions on several different machines with different
sound cards, so it's not an isolated thing.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
Run pidgin.
Turn on notification sounds.


Actual Results:  
Crackles mixed in to notification sounds

Expected Results:  
No crackles. :)

IMPORTANT:  If I turn the volume on pidgin *way* down (to 30% or so), the
crackling stops.  Unfortunately, this is very difficult, because pidgin's
volume slider only appears during the actual notification sound and I have to
catch it quickly with the mouse.  This is a bad work-around because a) it's
extremely difficult to do, b) it shouldn't crackle at the default volume, and
c) it makes Pidgin's notifications too quiet.  Anyway, I'm assuming there's
clipping happening at some point, since it's likely it would continue to
crackle otherwise regardless of volume.

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