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gnome-app-install package

"Add/Remove Applications" does not find Totem codecs

Bug #87640 reported by Duncan Lithgow
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Totem
Unknown
Medium
gnome-app-install (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

if a user goes to play an MPEG-2 with Totem (2.17.92) they will get the message:

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"The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer plugin which is not installed."
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On a freshly installed (Ubuntu) system if a user goes to play an MPEG-2 file they will get the message:

"The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer plugin which is not installed."

But the package required (gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly) does not mention the word MPEG-2 in it's short description. It mentions MPEG2. So if you try and search for using the text from the message you will not find the right package.

See original description

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lp:~vcs-imports/exe1/0
Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)
description: updated
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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

Five minutes later, after installing "GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin" I cannot reproduce this bug. Could someone else try this on a fresh system?

description: updated
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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Perhaps you have chosen to only show supported or open source software?

Changed in gnome-app-install:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)
description: updated
Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)
description: updated
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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

The affected package has been changed back to gnome-app-install after I set it to gstreamer0.10. So my question is: "Who writes the short descriptions of packages as we see them in gnome-app-install?"

That's where this bug should be addressed.

Duncan

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in totem:
status: Unknown → Rejected
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

I wonder why you have seen this message at all. The automatic codec install magic of totem/g-a-i should have openend a window with the right codecs. Did that not happen for you?

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

Since I installed Ubuntu 7.04 beta this bug has been fixed. Yay for the new system - nice work on sorting out the codecs problems. Marking as 'Fix Released'

Changed in gnome-app-install:
status: Needs Info → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in totem:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Invalid → Unknown
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