I have this problem with alsa. There's no distortion if I use pulse sink instead. Workaround for alsa is to lower the volume slightly from Rhythmbox itself or use crossfading backend.
-- Rhythmbox sound problems when not using crossfading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
