Package: gxine Version: 0.5.6-0.1 Severity: wishlist
gxine doesn't cope very well with bad XML in ASX metafiles, even if it has enough information to play them. It would be nice if it could try to recover when this happens. Case in point - this metafile, http://www.theradio.com.au/Streams/seafmgc.asx, has an unterminated 'param' element on the second last line of the file. As a result, gxine won't play the stream - yet by that point, it would have read the 'entry' sections, and should be able to play them. Certain other proprietary players on proprietary operating systems are able to read and handle this metafile, even though it has the error. I realise this is one of those situations where standards and reality collide, and that really it is the fault of the person who created the ASX file, but there's so many bad metafiles on the web, gxine will be fairly useless if it can only handle those that are well-formed. Cheers, Paul -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages gxine depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.18-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii liblircclient0 0.8.0-5 LIRC client library ii libmozjs0d 1.8.0.1-11 The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip ii libpango1.0-0 1.12.3-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii librsvg2-common 2.14.3-2 SAX-based renderer library for SVG ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxine1 1.1.1-2 the xine video/media player librar ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Xinerama extension library gxine recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
