Podcasts downloading can't be finished

Binary package hint: banshee

If Banshee begins downloading a podcast, the area "Downloading podcast(s)" in left-bottom corner appears and downloading goes on until at some point before "100%" this area disappears and downloading stops without any message. Banshee returns to state as before downloading and continues to work. This applies both to if downloading was started automatically or manually.

While downloading Banshee creates temporary directory in ~/.config/banshee-1/downloads in which it places a temporary file. When downloading stops this directory is deleted.

It seems that it is the same bug as the reported one at http://www.nabble.com/Podcasts-start-downloading-then-stop-at-random---td20493650.html. mattman writes there that navigating to ~/.config/banshee-1/downloads and selecting a temporary file prevents Banshee from stopping. I've tried so and got my first downloaded podcast in Banshee which appeared in ~/Music/Podcasts. However it is not a solution because it doesn't solve the problem with automatic downloading of podcasts when updating.

Playing (streaming) a podcast without downloading by double-clicking it or pressing the play button works alright.

Software versions:
Ubuntu version is 8.10 (Intrepid).
Banshee version is 1.2.1 (1.2.1-3ubuntu1) which is the version shipped with Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid). However I've also tried the latest Banshee 1.4.2 (1.4.2-1~intrepid1) installed from the source "http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main" and there was the same bug.
Mono libraries (dpkg -l | grep mono):
ii libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil 0.3.1-5 GTK# frontend library for Mono.Addins
ii libmono-addins0.2-cil 0.3.1-5 addin framework for extensible CLI applications/librari
ii libmono-cairo1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono Cairo library
ii libmono-cairo2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono Cairo library
ii libmono-corlib1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono core library (1.0)
ii libmono-corlib2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono core library (2.0)
ii libmono-data-tds1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono Data library
ii libmono-data-tds2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono Data Library
ii libmono-i18n1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono I18N libraries (1.0)
ii libmono-i18n2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono I18N libraries (2.0)
ii libmono-security1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono Security library
ii libmono-security2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono Security library
ii libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono SharpZipLib library
ii libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono SharpZipLib library
ii libmono-sqlite2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono Sqlite library
ii libmono-system-data1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono System.Data library
ii libmono-system-data2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono System.Data Library
ii libmono-system-web1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono System.Web library
ii libmono-system-web2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono System.Web Library
ii libmono-system1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono System libraries (1.0)
ii libmono-system2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono System libraries (2.0)
ii libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil 0.7.6-1 CLI library for multicast DNS service discovery
ii libmono0 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 libraries for the Mono JIT
ii libmono1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono libraries (1.0)
ii libmono2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono libraries (2.0)
ii mono-common 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 common files for Mono
ii mono-gac 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono GAC tool
ii mono-jit 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 fast CLI JIT/AOT compiler for Mono
ii mono-runtime 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 Mono runtime
When using the above source "http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main" a package libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil was upgraded from "0.7.6-1" to "0.8.0-1~intrepid1".

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: banshee 1.2.1-3ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: banshee
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686