dragon player can't play .mp4 files

When exactly does this happen? (step-by-step howto if possible)
Can you aggregate some information on the file? Does this happen for all mp4s, or only one? If it is free content, can I download it somewhere?

it happens when I lunch a .mp4 file and to all of them. it doesn't mater
if I use dolphin or konqueror. you can download a file at
http://www.webbalert.com/

Harald Sitter wrote:
> When exactly does this happen? (step-by-step howto if possible)
> Can you aggregate some information on the file? Does this happen for all mp4s, or only one? If it is free content, can I download it somewhere?
>
>
> ** Changed in: dragonplayer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

Can you please attach the file /usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/services/dragonplayer_part.desktop to this report?

Note for reproducing: right click the download link and choose 'preview in dragon player'

Fixed in upstream btw: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=780275

this have not fix the problem, try to download the .mp4 file to you local file system and double click it to play. you will still get the warning I posted earlier and dragon player will not lunch.

It is fixed committed into the development branch. It will have the status fixed release when you can download it from the repositories

This same problem occurs for me with any media file, including ogg vorbis/theora files. I tried replacing the .desktop file with the one from the KDE SVN revision Harald linked to, and KDE4 still complains that the file is malformatted if I right-click on a .ogg file, click Open With > Other... and select Dragon Player. Is the fix committed to the development branch different?

I guess I should have actually tried different file types. I can open .avi files by going to Open With > Dragon Player, but if I try to open the same file using Open With > Other..., it complains about the .desktop file. Perhaps KDE4 is using dragonplayer_part.desktop when it should be using dragonplayer.desktop?

This bug was fixed in the package dragonplayer - 2.0.1-0ubuntu2

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dragonplayer (2.0.1-0ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * Add kubuntu_01_fix_kpart.patch to fix a naming conflict with the
    application's desktop file (LP: #196450)

 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:20:12 +0200