[mythtvnz] Mythfrontend can not play 24 kHz MP3 audio

[Stephen Worthington]

I am running JYA's release packages on Mythbuntu 9.04.  I have a
couple of downloaded AVI files that have 24 kHz MP3 audio tracks.
Mplayer has no problem with them, but mythfrontend does not play any
sound from them.  So I created a couple of short test AVI files,
otherwise identical, one with 48 kHz audio and one with 24 kHz audio,
and the same thing happens.  Mplayer has no problems, but mythfrontend
can not play the 24 kHz audio.

I have put the test files on my web server (about 6 Mibytes each):

  http://www.jsw.gen.nz/test_48_kHz_MP3.avi
  http://www.jsw.gen.nz/test_24_kHz_MP3.avi

Here is the mythfrontend.log for the 48 kHz file:

2009-07-14 01:47:06.099 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-14 01:47:06.200 DPMS Deactivated
2009-07-14 01:47:08.621 RingBuf(/myth/video/test_48_kHz_MP3.avi):
Waited 2.0 seconds for data to become available...
2009-07-14 01:47:09.245 AFD: Opened codec 0x3ca0890, id(MPEG4)
type(Video)
2009-07-14 01:47:09.245 AFD: codec MP3 has 2 channels
2009-07-14 01:47:09.245 AFD: Opened codec 0x3ca0e80, id(MP3)
type(Audio)
2009-07-14 01:47:09.257 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr
48000
2009-07-14 01:47:09.257 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
2009-07-14 01:47:09.344 mixer unable to find control Master 1
2009-07-14 01:47:09.803 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480
2009-07-14 01:47:10.499 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-14 01:47:10.501 Doubling refresh rate for interlaced display
mode
2009-07-14 01:47:10.504 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
2009-07-14 01:47:10.574 [mp3 @ 0x7f5b9753b2a0]mdb:409, lastbuf:0
skipping granule 0
2009-07-14 01:47:10.574 [mp3 @ 0x7f5b9753b2a0]mdb:409, lastbuf:0
skipping granule 0
2009-07-14 01:47:10.574 [mp3 @ 0x7f5b9753b2a0]mdb:409, lastbuf:0
skipping granule 1
2009-07-14 01:47:10.574 [mp3 @ 0x7f5b9753b2a0]mdb:409, lastbuf:0
skipping granule 1
2009-07-14 01:47:10.574 [mp3 @ 0x7f5b9753b2a0]mdb:403, lastbuf:348
skipping granule 0
2009-07-14 01:47:10.604 Doubling refresh rate for interlaced display
mode
2009-07-14 01:47:10.604 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2009-07-14 01:47:10.623 NVP: prebuffering pause
2009-07-14 01:47:10.630 NVP: prebuffering pause
2009-07-14 01:47:10.642 NVP: prebuffering pause
2009-07-14 01:47:18.161 TV: Attempting to change from
WatchingPreRecorded to None
2009-07-14 01:47:18.310 TV: Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2009-07-14 01:47:19.388 DPMS Reactivated.

And here is what happens with the 24 kHz file:

2009-07-14 01:47:21.419 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-14 01:47:21.520 DPMS Deactivated
2009-07-14 01:47:24.000 AFD: Opened codec 0x3567e50, id(MPEG4)
type(Video)
2009-07-14 01:47:24.000 AFD: codec MP3 has 2 channels
2009-07-14 01:47:24.000 AFD: Opened codec 0x35e0580, id(MP3)
type(Audio)
2009-07-14 01:47:24.003 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr
24000
2009-07-14 01:47:24.004 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
2009-07-14 01:47:24.037 AudioOutput Error: Unable to get period size
for playback: Invalid argument
2009-07-14 01:47:24.037 AudioOutput Error: Unable to set ALSA
parameters
2009-07-14 01:47:24.037 NVP: Disabling Audio, reason is: Unable to set
ALSA parameters
2009-07-14 01:47:24.423 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480
2009-07-14 01:47:24.825 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-14 01:47:24.826 Doubling refresh rate for interlaced display
mode
2009-07-14 01:47:24.827 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
2009-07-14 01:47:24.928 Doubling refresh rate for interlaced display
mode
2009-07-14 01:47:24.928 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2009-07-14 01:47:32.357 TV: Attempting to change from
WatchingPreRecorded to None
2009-07-14 01:47:32.472 TV: Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2009-07-14 01:47:33.557 DPMS Reactivated.

Does anyone else have this problem?  Any ideas on how to fix this?