gnome-mplayer launched in a muted environment remains muted

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. close all instances of gnome-mplayer
2. mute master channel
3. open media file with gnome-mplayer
4. unmute master channel

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
- expected: gnome-mplayer plays audio component of media
- reality: gnome-mplayer's volume remains muted (although it reports
otherwise), until the application's volume control is adjusted

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
- gnome-mplayer 0.9.8 or r1571
    Mplayer Software Volume Control Enabled
- alsa-lib 1.0.21.a
- alsa-utils 1.0.21
- kernel 2.6.31.3
- arch linux

Please provide any additional information below.

gnome-mplayer -v meeting.ogg output during mute>launch
media>unmute>application volume adjust:

GNOME MPlayer v0.9.8
vo = xv ao = alsa
Running with GIO support
Master,0 Playback is 0
Master,0 Range is 0 to 64 
Master,0 Current Volume 64, multiplier = 1.562500
Scaled Volume is 0.000000
Using volume of 0.00
Using softvol, setting volume to max (will be limited by mixer 100% of 0%)
opening meeting.ogg
is block 0
is character 0
is reg 1
is dir 0
playlist 0
embedded in window id 0x0
opening playlist
playlist detection = 0
adding file:///home/evilgnome/Recordings/meeting.ogg to playlist (cancel = 0)
getting file metadata for /home/evilgnome/Recordings/meeting.ogg
Using match: type='signal',interface='com.gnome.mplayer'
Using match: type='signal',interface='org.gnome.SettingsDaemon'
Proxy connections and Command connected
playing - file:///home/evilgnome/Recordings/meeting.ogg
is playlist 0
libcurl required for cover art retrieval
mplayer -profile gnome-mplayer -quiet -slave -identify -softvol -volume 0
-mixer-channel Master,0 -framedrop -vf-pre yadif,softskip,scale
-noconsolecontrols -noidle -osdlevel 0 -nomouseinput -nocache -wid
0x260004a -ss 0 -ass -noembeddedfonts -ass-force-style
FontName=Sans,Italic=0,Bold=0,Outline=0,Shadow=0 -ass-font-scale 1.00
-ass-color ffffff00 -channels 2 -vf-add pp=ac/tn:a -autoq 6 -idx -af-add
scaletempo -af-add volume=20 -vf-add screenshot -af-add
export=/tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn:512 /home/evilgnome/Recordings/meeting.ogg 
Spawn succeeded for filename /home/evilgnome/Recordings/meeting.ogg
MPlayer SVN-r29411-4.4.0 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
137 audio & 299 video codecs
ERROR: mplayer: could not connect to socket
ERROR: mplayer: No such file or directory
ERROR: Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
control.

Playing /home/evilgnome/Recordings/meeting.ogg.
ID_AUDIO_ID=0     
[Ogg] stream 0: audio (Vorbis), -aid 0
Ogg file format detected.
ID_FILENAME=/home/evilgnome/Recordings/meeting.ogg
ID_DEMUXER=ogg
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=vrbs
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0
ID_AUDIO_RATE=44100
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_LENGTH=1022.08
ID_SEEKABLE=1
ID_CHAPTERS=0
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
ERROR: Ogg : bad packet in stream 0
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 160.0 kbit/11.34% (ratio: 20000->176400)
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=160000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=44100
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Selected audio codec: [ffvorbis] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Vorbis)
==========================================================================
[export] Exporting to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn
[export] Memory mapped to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn (0x7f26430fd000)
[export] Exporting to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn
[export] Memory mapped to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn (0x7f26430fd000)
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
[export] Exporting to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn
[export] Memory mapped to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn (0x7f26430fd000)
[export] Exporting to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn
[export] Memory mapped to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn (0x7f26430fd000)
[export] Exporting to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn
[export] Memory mapped to file: /tmp/mplayer-af_exportsyxnnn (0x7f26430fd000)
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=ffvorbis
Video: no video
Starting playback...
ANS_switch_audio is invalid -1

Original issue reported on code.google.com by evilgn...@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2009 at 5:19

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Try SVN and see if that helps, I don't have a compatible environment setup to 
test
this issue.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2009 at 6:28

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Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2009 at 6:28

• Changed state: Started

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I believe this is fixed in SVN now

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 26 Oct 2009 at 1:11

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Marking as fixed, due to local testing and lack of feedback.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2009 at 9:16

• Changed state: Fixed