I confirm that I could not duplicate this bug in Ubuntu 16.10 (Unity) or Ubuntu GNOME 16.10. (I thought sessioninstaller didn't work with Ubuntu GNOME 16.10, hmm…)
We can use GNOME Software instead of sessioninstaller, but here's what we have to do: 1. Uninstall sessioninstaller then install gstreamer1.0-packagekit. (gstreamer1.0-packagekit is in universe but it's from the packagekit source so I don't think it will be a problem to promote it to main) 2. GNOME Software has to be built with the PackageKit backend (LP: #1643134) I confirmed that this works for installing a mp3 codec. ** Description changed: - Attempting to play a mp3 file with Rhythmbox on the latest Zesty daily - build + Test Case + --------- + You can duplicate this with the daily build. If you install, don't select the option to install additional codecs. + + If you've already installed the additional codecs, you can remove them + with + + sudo apt purge ubuntu-restricted-addons gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3 \ + gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly; + sudo apt autoremove + + Here's a CC-BY-ND .mp3 you can download: + http://music.esgi.co.uk/track/echoes-in-time + + Use totem (or rhythmbox) to try to open the file. + + Original Bug Report + -------------------- + Attempting to play a mp3 file with Rhythmbox on the latest Zesty daily build Rhythmbox opens but no playback start. On the terminal I got this: Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|rhythmbox-metadata|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder|decoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, mpegaudioversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3 /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sessioninstaller/core.py:47: PyGIWarning: Gst was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gst /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sessioninstaller/core.py:48: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Falling back to package information Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugins installed. Updating plugin registry ... But the wizard to install the missing codec actually fails to launch. Please see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770620 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1661371 Title: [zesty] doesn't offer a window to install missing gstreamer codecs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/packagekit/+bug/1661371/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
