Public bug reported:

Whenever heavy traffic starts on my network, Rhythmbox will abruptly
stop playing audio streams. The traffic in question may be local data
transfer or (mostly large) downloads.

The same happens to local audio streams managed by pulseaudio. A data
transfer starts and the stream very much immediately cuts out.

Typically, rhythmbox will pops up a dialog saying "server does not
support seeking". I can usually resume playback but during longer data
transfers/downloads, it will frequently cut out again.

I have tried replacing the onboard audio chip with a discrete ASUS DX
card. This does not make any difference.

What does work is manually restricting download speeds using a download
manager. However,, not all network traffic is controlled by such a
manager. Something trivial - say, installing a firefox or a gnome-shell
plug-in - has been enough for an audio stream to die instantly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: rhythmbox 3.4.4-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun May 31 05:06:56 2020
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-05 (55 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal third-party-packages

** Description changed:

  Whenever heavy traffic starts on my network, Rhythmbox will abruptly
  stop playing audio streams. The traffic in question may be local data
  transfer or (mostly large) downloads.
  
  The same happens to local audio streams managed by pulseaudio. A data
  transfer starts and the stream very much immediately cuts out.
  
  Typically, rhythmbox will pops up a dialog saying "server does not
  support seeking". I can usually resume playback but during longer data
  transfers/downloads, it will frequently cut out again.
  
  I have tried replacing the onboard audio chip with a discrete ASUS DX
  card. This does not make any difference.
  
  What does work is manually restricting download speeds using a download
  manager. However,, not all network traffic is controlled by such a
- manager. Something trivial like installing a firefox or a gnome-shell
- plug-in can be enough to interrupt playback.
+ manager. Something trivial - say, installing a firefox or a gnome-shell
+ plug-in - has been enough for an audio stream to die instantly.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: rhythmbox 3.4.4-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun May 31 05:06:56 2020
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-05 (55 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
  SourcePackage: rhythmbox
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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  Playback aborts when a download is started,  printing "server does not
  support seeking"

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