[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 574169] New: [Theora]Why avidemux doesn't have 'ANY' as src caps?

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-good | Ver: 0.10.10
           Summary: [Theora]Why avidemux doesn't have 'ANY' as src caps?
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.10
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-good
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: sledgehammer_999 at yahoo.gr
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Hi,

I created a video encoded in theora and contained in the avi container.
Programs used were: VirtualDub and ffdshow(using libtheora). The avi's FOURCC
is 'THEO'. This file plays fine in Windows using Media Player Classic and
ffdshow. But:

In Ubuntu 8.10(64 bit) it doesn't. Totem-gstreamer fails. It only plays the
sound(mp3). I tried using gst-launch and manually constructing a pipeline. I
think I know where the problem is. Avidemux, unlike the other demuxers, has a
fixed number of possible src caps. The other demuxers have 'ANY' as src caps.
Also none of the avidemux's src caps are "video/x-theora" which explains why
avidemux(and totem) fails at this video. Why not just give avidemux 'ANY' src
caps?


Sidenote: You may be happy to know that also mplayer and VLC fail to play this
video file(only the audio).


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