libsndfile1 1.0.17-4ubuntu0.8.04.1 breaks rythmbox playback on ubuntu hardy

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

Today, playback from rhythmbox suddenly did not work anymore; it worked fine last friday. This is for mp3 files, I did not try other types (don't have them handy).

After reverting libsndfile1 back from 1.0.17-4ubuntu0.8.04.1 (hardy-updates) to 1.0.17-4 (hardy), playback functionality is restored. (I have not checked other players).

Synaptic history reports:

Commit Log for Wed Apr 1 09:49:18 2009
Upgraded the following packages:
libsndfile1 (1.0.17-4) to 1.0.17-4ubuntu0.8.04.1

I would not expect an update of a library to break core functionality (reading soundfiles!).

I'm running ubuntu hardy (2.6.24-21-generic), fully updated. rhythmbox 0.11.5-0ubuntu8.
Please let me know if you need further details about this problem.

(P.S., I filed this agains libsndfile1 as well, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356082)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 6 09:30:08 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
Package: rhythmbox 0.11.5-0ubuntu8
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/username/bin
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686