[Bug 662889] Identical gst-install-plugin-helper is queued multiple times

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662889
  GStreamer | gst-plugins | 0.10.34

--- Comment #3 from mpaklin at hotmail.com 2011-12-05 07:50:28 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> First VLC is not based on gstreamer. If you get that message some gstreamer
> player is getting invoked (possibly the totem gstreamer browser plugin). Please
> also note that gstreamer does not contain UI parts. It would be the task of the
> UI to avoid multiple of such dialogs, but in your case I think the various
> instances of the player plugin don't even know about each other.
> 
> 1.) check what software gets launch in your tests.
> 2.) play such a stream once in e.g. totem and install the missing plugin
> 
> Please reopen if you think this is a gstreamer bug and give more details.

Yes, I know that VLC is not based on gst. The app (stress test, actually) uses
VLC browser plugin for media playback.
I have no idea how gst gets in the picture (VLC can't play a particular format
and attempts to use OS default player?), but it does somehow get involved.

Given the fact that gst does not handle the UI aspect of this problem, I agree
with you that this issue is not gst problem. I will try to open another bug
against Fedora distro (assuming that I can repro it on FC16, which I just
installed).

Thanks!

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