Public bug reported:
Ubuntu's default video app, Totem, includes a Channels tab with 3 web video
providers:
- Apple Movie Trailers
- Euronews
- Rai.tv
Screenshot attached.
I recommend that we disable this feature because
- These are somewhat obscure video sources
- It can be unexpected to parents, school administrators, etc. for this
app to be able to view web content
- Perhaps most importantly, none of these 3 sources seemed to work today in my
clean Ubuntu 23.04 install.
+ Apple Movie Trailers worked after I installed additional gstreamer plugins
which aren't installed by default.
+ Based on the errors shown in my terminal, it looks like Euronews either
changed their API or it's no longer available.
- If these channels can be broken and we aren't getting bug reports, are
people actually even using this feature?
Implementation
--------------
This feature is enabled by some plugins shipped in totem's src/plugins . They
can be disabled by the meson build.
Also, totem depends on grilo-plugins-0.3-base which provides supporting
files. None of the plugins works if that dependency is removed.
We would then also need to patch Totem to no longer show the Channels
page in the Totem app.
** Affects: totem (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Triaged
** Tags: mantic
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2023-07-17 16-35-28.png"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2028016/+attachment/5686891/+files/Screenshot%20from%202023-07-17%2016-35-28.png
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2028016
Title:
Drop Channels feature?
Status in totem package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Ubuntu's default video app, Totem, includes a Channels tab with 3 web video
providers:
- Apple Movie Trailers
- Euronews
- Rai.tv
Screenshot attached.
I recommend that we disable this feature because
- These are somewhat obscure video sources
- It can be unexpected to parents, school administrators, etc. for
this app to be able to view web content
- Perhaps most importantly, none of these 3 sources seemed to work today in
my clean Ubuntu 23.04 install.
+ Apple Movie Trailers worked after I installed additional gstreamer plugins
which aren't installed by default.
+ Based on the errors shown in my terminal, it looks like Euronews either
changed their API or it's no longer available.
- If these channels can be broken and we aren't getting bug reports,
are people actually even using this feature?
Implementation
--------------
This feature is enabled by some plugins shipped in totem's src/plugins . They
can be disabled by the meson build.
Also, totem depends on grilo-plugins-0.3-base which provides
supporting files. None of the plugins works if that dependency is
removed.
We would then also need to patch Totem to no longer show the Channels
page in the Totem app.
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/2028016/+subscriptions
--
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
Post to : [email protected]
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages
More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
