[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 385034] New: Plugin package names for gstreamer 0.10 on Ubuntu

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins | Ver: 0.10.x

           Summary: Plugin package names for gstreamer 0.10 on Ubuntu
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: john at curioussymbols.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: 2.15/2.16
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Hi there

Hope I'm reporting this in the right place -- 'Launchpad' said not to report
bugs there.

I think that the good/bad/ugly categories for GStreamer plugins are
uninformative (and maybe a little bit too cute with the Sergio Leone thing). 

Two recent annoyances:

(1) trying to play an M4A file in RhythmBox. I get a 'no entry' icon and
message about not being able to play 'this kind of file'. I go to Synaptic
(Ubuntu Edgy) and search for 'M4A' but nothing relevant appears. Seems that
GStreamer deb packages don't include the list of supported filetypes in their
description (it would be super useful if they did).

(2) Totem deciding that it was able to play a particular given movie file, but
then (only then) realising that it didn't have the required codecs. I think it
may have been a Quicktime movie. There is something wrong with the default file
associations, I guess. I don't know if GStreamer has the ability to add and
remove file associations for Totem: it seems that there is an architectural
problem here however.

Much of this would be alleviated if the GStreamer package descriptions were
more complete.

Cheers
JP


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