kde notifications, sound starting but breaks

menschmeier · l33t Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 727

I want to use a sound notification when a new message arrives in kmail.

I configured different sounds but all of them stops playing after approx. 1 second. I tried several types of sound files .wav, .ogg, .mp3 - it is all the same. Playing this files with the command play was OK.

What could be the problem?
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dE_logics · Advocate Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 2253 Location: $TERM

Maybe kmail doesn't support sounds greater than 1 second...I think for a mail notification, it's long enough.

Same is the case with K3b, you can see the default sounds, they all appear to be chopped towards the end.
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Gankfest · Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:32 am Post subject:

What sound system are you using, I had that problem with Alsa and used OSS fir my sound files. Never had a problem since.
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menschmeier · l33t Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 727

I am using alsa. Isn't OSS deprecated?

Other apps like amarok are working well. It seems just to be a problem with kde notifications.
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Gankfest · Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:43 am Post subject:

menschmeier · l33t Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 727

How did you do that, use OSS just for notifications?

Thanks for your hints.
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thumper · Guru Joined: 06 Dec 2002 Posts: 552 Location: Venice FL

I'm having this problem, but it's more like the beginning of the sound that is being clipped off.

For example;
My "You have mail" is closer to "ou have mail."

George