** Description changed: If Totem (2.17.92) is missing a codec, it gives a message like: - "The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer - plugin which is not installed." + --------------------------------------- + "The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer plugin which is not installed." + --------------------------------------- - But if I search "Add/Remove Applications" (no 'about' available, Feisty - Herd 4) for "MPEG-2" or "MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer plugin" I get - "There is no matching application available." which we know is not true - - so the problem is the search function not responding well to Totems - message. (It should return "GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin" and others) + But if I search in 'Applications > Add/Remove Applications' for words + and phrases from the Totem message, like "MPEG-2" or "MPEG-2 System + Stream demuxer plugin" I get "There is no matching application + available." Now I know this is not true because if I search for just + "MPEG" I get what I'm looking for. So the problem here is that the + search function is not finding the correct packages needed by Totem and + suggested in the failure message. + + I see two ways around this: + + 1. 'Add/ Remove packages' creates specific links for keywords mentioned in Totem, like 'MPEG-2'. This could be a fast way to get around the problem, but a poor solution. + 2. 'Add/ Remove packages' changes the summary text of the relevant packages so they mention the keywords used by Totem. This seems to me like the best option. + + Either way the developers of Totem, developers of 'Add/Remove + applications' and Canonical should talk about a way of coordinating + their efforts to avoid these kinds of problems. Could this regarded as a "collaboration" bug?
** Changed in: gnome-app-install (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-app-install => totem -- "Add/Remove Applications" does not find Totem codecs https://launchpad.net/bugs/87640 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
