pulse_output failed to play: suspended

Question

I have mpd running as a system service and as user mpd. Since mpd is a system service and pulse audio is session-based, I have to stream music from mpd to the currently active pulse session daemon. This is done using the module-native-protocol-tcp module configured with auth-anonymous=1 auth-cookie-enabled=0 listen=0.0.0.0 (loose, I know, but for testing purposes)

The output in mpd.conf looks like this:

audio_output {                                                                   
  type    "pulse"                                                                
  name    "My (loopback) Pulse Output"                                           
  server  "localhost"                                                            
}

Now when I run a song in mpd it complains:

pulse_output: "My (loopback) Pulse Output" [pulse] failed to play: suspended
output: Failed to open audio output

What is wrong here? Is this a bug?

What I tried : Running as my user (systemd) Running as my user (systemd) and set the user in mpd.conf Running as root and set the user in mpd.conf Setting the exact sink name

Have you considered running the pulse daemon as a system service? — Jodka Lemon, Jul 30 '15 at 00:20
Related : http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/245639/mpd-and-chrome-cant-both-play-audio-at-the-same-time?rq=1 — Nikana Reklawyks, Mar 30 '16 at 17:28
I had a very similar problem and this solved my problem : http://askubuntu.com/questions/555103/mpd-with-pulseaudio — Nikana Reklawyks, Mar 30 '16 at 17:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

You seem to understand what is going on better than I do, but I had the same error message, and the problem disappeared following the instructions on this wiki page (also relayed at AskUbuntu) :

Using the same mpd.conf as you do.

Uncomment the following lines from /etc/pulse/default.pa (you might need to add the part which specified the IP address to the line):

load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1 # IP of localhost

pulse_output failed to play: suspended

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