** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #414693 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414693
** Also affects: totem (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414693 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Description changed: - If Totem (2.17.92) is missing a codec, it gives a message like: + if a user goes to play an MPEG-2 with Totem (2.17.92) they will get the + message: --------------------------------------- "The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer plugin which is not installed." --------------------------------------- - 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. + On a freshly installed (Ubuntu) system if a user goes to play an MPEG-2 + file they will get the message: - I see two ways around this: + "The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer + plugin which is not installed." - 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? + But the package required (gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly) does not mention + the word MPEG-2 in it's short description. It mentions MPEG2. So if you + try and search for using the text from the message you will not find the + right package. ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: totem => gstreamer0.10 -- "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
