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Strange behaviour of Kaffeine Player

This is a real head-scratcher. Hopefully I've supplied all the relevant info.
Summary:
Kaffeine - video but no audio

All other video players works correctly: vlc, mplayer, flash ...
Details:
Debian Wheezy 3.0.0-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64
Using Alsa not Pulse

Code:

01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device aa38

        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV710 [Radeon HD 4350]

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 02a8

        Kernel driver in use: radeon

Phono Audio Output HDA ATI SB (ALC887 Analog)

cat /proc/asound/cards

 0 [SB            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB

                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfbdf4000 irq 16

 1 [HDMI          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI

                      HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbeec000 irq 44

KDE 4.6.5
Kaffeine v.1.2.2
video works 2 secs
audio device unavailable window appears and stops the film
Debugging info

Code:

kaffeine(30527)/kio (KDirModel) KDirModelPrivate::_k_slotDeleteItems: No node found for item that was just removed: KUrl("file:///~/Documents/hs_err_pid27797.log") 

(roaraudio: socket.c:638): Warning: roar_socket_open(*): Hostname "192.168.1.1" is numerical. Do not use IP addresses directly. Use Hostnames.

(roaraudio: socket.c:638): Warning: roar_socket_open(*): Hostname "192.168.1.1" is numerical. Do not use IP addresses directly. Use Hostnames.

Dragon Player 2.0
audio works fine
no video

VLC
both audio and video work

MPlayer
both audio and video work

KMplayer
Phonon Movie Player
audio works fine
no video
Mplayer Movie Player
both audio and video work

GMplayer
Works with X11(Ximage/Shm)
Works with X11/Xv
Works with OpenGL
X11/VIDIX sound no video
VDPAU sound no video

Thanks
JDK

Ok, it turns out that the Kaffeine problem is distinct from the Phonon problem. Don't you love it when two unrelated problems appear simultaneously? ;)
The solution to the kaffeine problem is to edit the ~/.kde/share/apps/kaffeine/xine-config file You need to need to change this:

Code:

# audio driver

# { auto  pulseaudio  sndio  alsa  oss  jack  none  file }, default: 0

# audio.driver:auto

into this by modifying the last line above.

Code:

# audio driver

# { auto  pulseaudio  sndio  alsa  oss  jack  none  file }, default: 0

audio.driver:alsa

I found the solution here: My German was just good enough. :)
This fixes the Kaffeine problem.
The Dragon Player problem remains. I'll split the two and leave this thread as the Kaffeine problem and mark it as solved. I hope this meets with the approval of the mods.
ciao,
jdk