Confirmed on saucy 13.10, vlc plays asterisk generated wav files OK, totem does not.
This plays fine though: 0 jan@osprey:/usr/share/sounds/alsa$totem Front_Center.wav
This does not play fine. 0 jan@osprey:~$strace -e open totem msg0169.WAV 2>&1 |grep -i wav open("/home/jan/msg0169.WAV", O_RDONLY) = 18 open("/home/jan/msg0169.WAV", O_RDONLY) = 18 open("/home/jan/msg0169.WAV", O_RDONLY) = 18 0 jan@osprey:~$strace -e open totem msg0169.WAV 2>&1 |grep -i codec 1 jan@osprey:~$strace -e open totem msg0169.WAV 2>&1 |grep -i gstream open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jan/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin", O_RDONLY) = 8 open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstplayback.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14 open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstaudioconvert.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstaudiofx.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstautodetect.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstgoom.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 open("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstpulse.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 22 0 jan@osprey:~$
I purged medibuntu's non-free-codecs and w64codecs in case it was that, but the problem persists.
Confirmed on saucy 13.10, vlc plays asterisk generated wav files OK, totem does not.
This plays fine though: /usr/share/ sounds/ alsa$totem Front_Center.wav
0 jan@osprey:
This does not play fine. home/jan/ msg0169. WAV", O_RDONLY) = 18 home/jan/ msg0169. WAV", O_RDONLY) = 18 home/jan/ msg0169. WAV", O_RDONLY) = 18 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ libgstreamer- 1.0.so. 0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 usr/share/ locale/ en_US/LC_ MESSAGES/ gstreamer- 1.0.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale/ en/LC_MESSAGES/ gstreamer- 1.0.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale- langpack/ en_US/LC_ MESSAGES/ gstreamer- 1.0.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) usr/share/ locale- langpack/ en/LC_MESSAGES/ gstreamer- 1.0.mo" , O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) home/jan/ .cache/ gstreamer- 1.0/registry. x86_64. bin", O_RDONLY) = 8 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ gstreamer- 1.0/libgstplayb ack.so" , O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ gstreamer- 1.0/libgstaudio convert. so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ gstreamer- 1.0/libgstaudio fx.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ gstreamer- 1.0/libgstautod etect.so" , O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ gstreamer- 1.0/libgstcoree lements. so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ gstreamer- 1.0/libgstgoom. so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 16 usr/lib/ x86_64- linux-gnu/ gstreamer- 1.0/libgstpulse .so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 22
0 jan@osprey:~$strace -e open totem msg0169.WAV 2>&1 |grep -i wav
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0 jan@osprey:~$strace -e open totem msg0169.WAV 2>&1 |grep -i codec
1 jan@osprey:~$strace -e open totem msg0169.WAV 2>&1 |grep -i gstream
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0 jan@osprey:~$
I purged medibuntu's non-free-codecs and w64codecs in case it was that, but the problem persists.