Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
The package gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.6-5 in ubuntu hardy 8.04 does not include the plugin libgsttimidity.so (http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/ext/timidity/gsttimidity.c?view=log) required to use timidity as a back-end to play midi files. It only includes the plugin libgstwildmidi.so: $dpkg -L gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad |grep midi /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstwildmidi.so $ gst-inspect|grep midi typefindfunctions: audio/midi: mid, midi wildmidi: wildmidi: WildMidi Because of that, the following gstreamer command fails in hardy: $gst-launch filesrc location=mysong.mid ! timidity ! alsasink WARNING: erroneous pipeline: no element "timidity" The above command works with wildmidi: $gst-launch filesrc location=mysong.mid ! wildmidi ! alsasink But timidity is much more powerful than wildmidi: While both work with the basic sound fonts in the package "freepats", timidity works out-of- the-box with more advanced sound font packages like those in the package "fluid-soundfont-gm". Therefore, totem, which uses gst-plugins-bad to play midi files, only plays midi files with basic freepats sound fonts through wildmidi, even when fluid-soundfont-gm is installed. Because libgsttimidity.so is absent, in order to enjoy more complex soundfonts like fluid-soundfont- gm, the user must ignore totem and resort to executing timidity directly in the terminal. ** Affects: gst-plugins-bad0.10 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gst-plugins-bad does not include libgsttimidity.so https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229786 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
