for me mediascanner also falls over on krillin r199; it works for same video on N4.
./.cache/upstart/mediascanner-2.0.log shows: Extracting metadata from /home/phablet/Videos/big_buck_bunny_480p_H264_AAC_25fps_1800K.MP4. Error when indexing: Unable to discover file /home/phablet/Videos/big_buck_bunny_480p_H264_AAC_25fps_1800K.MP4 Videos i tried: + http://samplemedia.linaro.org/H264/big_buck_bunny_480p_H264_AAC_25fps_1800K_short.MP4 + http://samplemedia.linaro.org/H264/big_buck_bunny_720p_H264_AAC_25fps_3400K_short.MP4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediascanner in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1358384 Title: MP4s won't play without a reboot of the phone Status in “mediascanner” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: this is krillin r197 Steps: 1. Have an mp4 file 2. Plug your phone into your computer 3. In nautilus, drill down into the Videos folder 4. Copy the video over 5. Go to the video scope, note that the video is not there 6. go to file manager, click on the file, note that the video does not play 7. Reboot the phone Observed: The video is now in the scope and plays Expected: The video works without rebooting the phone To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediascanner/+bug/1358384/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp