[gst-devel] [ gstreamer-Bugs-432970 ] gstmediaplay hangs using 100% CPU

[Christian Schaller]

On 15 Jun 2001 21:41:08 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On 13 Jun 2001 19:47:31 -0700, noreply at sourceforge.net wrote:
> > Bugs item #432970, was updated on 2001-06-13 19:47
> > You can respond by visiting: 
> > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=101936&aid=432970&group_id=1936
> > 
> > Category: None
> > Group: None
> > Status: Open
> > Resolution: None
> > Priority: 5
> > Submitted By: Ben Liblit (liblit)
> > Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> > Summary: gstmediaplay hangs using 100% CPU
> > 
> > Initial Comment:
> > Attached below is a Shoutcast playlist file.  I decided
> > to run gstmediaplay on it, just to see if anything
> > interesting would happen.  I wasn't sure if I actually
> > expected it to work, but I figured I'd give it a shot.
> > 
> > The gstmediaplay GUI appears and *is* responsive: I can
> > click buttons, navigate menus, and so on.  However, no
> > sound is forthcoming.  Worse, "top" shows the
> > gstmediaplay process consuming 100% of CPU time.
> > 
> > If gstmediaplay can handle Shoutcast playlists, great.
> >  If not, though, it should fail gracefully.  Failing by
> > pegging the CPU at 100% is not graceful.  :-)
> 
> Gstreamer doesn't play text files, and the crash/100% cpu problem are
> known problems.
> 
> Can I close the bug ?

Close a bug cause it is known? Isn't that a tad weird?  Is there a way to
triage bugs in our CVS instead, so that we say it is the same as another
bug and when that bug is closed so is this?

Christian