Package should allow phonon-backend-vlc to be used

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

just to note - repackaged locally to see if any issue, none seen
done as - Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, phonon-backend-gstreamer | phonon-backend-vlc, ect. though I'd guess the way amarok does would also be ok (depends on phonon only

This would also allow users a fix for current inability of the gstreamer backend to decode many youtube formats, most noticeably avc1 <email address hidden> or <email address hidden>

There is no current direct bug to above though may be Part of the cause here - Bug 921287

It's a shame that time has slipped by & this wasn't done.
On the outside chance thatit still could be for 12.04 to again mention

Alowing a switch to the vlc backend would allieviate but no completly solve the crash bug
It would 100% solve the current gstreamer decoding bug with some common h264 encodings - I filed bug subsquent to this one. Noting that the decoding issue will still exist even if the crash bug is fixed

decoding issue - Bug 973014

Using the vlc backend I've experienced almost no crashes & decoding is 100%

Obviously by "solve" I mean from the user perspective

Would someone be so kind as to document here how to switch to the phonon-gstreamer-vlc backend? Simply installing it does not work.

oops sorry typo, phonon-backend-vlc

Seconded, especially until the gstreamer decoding issue (973014) has been resolved, the vlc backend should be available as a fallback option. Obviously, choice is a good thing at any time. Doug, can you share your repack?

You know - there was just, (last week), a failed 12.10 build of minitube which still isn't allowing choice of backends. Really getting tiresome - no reason not to take 15 sec's to edit the control file to allow either

So - how to edit a minitube .deb to allow - ex. uses a .deb from a well known ppa so you can have the 1.7 version in 12.04
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11898820#post11898820

I will post a new reply to that thread tonight with instr. on building your own & will attach a source/debian/dsc Then just 3 simple commands & a couple of min. for a better version
(the source will be latest 1.7.1 + a patch for an obscure issue with the vlc backend

fixed in minitube (1.8-1)
  * No longer directly depend on GStreamer phonon backed