Nautilus cannot preview MP3 files unless mpg123 is installed
Bug #182082 reported by
Nic
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #125739: mpg123 and mpg321 won't play audio preview in Nautilus (Gutsy).
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| nautilus (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: nautilus
Nautilus is installed with audio file preview enabled by default. However, this function doesn't work for MP3 which makes the function appear broken. There is no mention anywhere that for this to work, mpg123 needs to be installed. Why not use a feedback system that would give the right information to the user. For example, the audio preview could be disabled by default, and when the user specfically enables it, then ogg tools and mpg123 at least get installed automatically (with proper message about the legality obviously).
This could be facilitated if nautilus was using gstreamer. This way, it might be possible to use the same system as in totem to automatically install missing codecs?
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| Steeley (steeleyuk) wrote | #1 |
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I'd expand on this slightly and allow the user to pick from a list of formats which should be used for audio preview. If the user selects a codec that is not found on the system (via Gstreamer), it should ask the user if they would like to install it (again, making note of legality).
Nonetheless, the current implementation is very broken. There is no coherence to it and several codecs just do not seem to work with audio previews, FLAC for instance. Those that do work (in theory) such as MP3 and OGG give no indication to novice users about how to get them working (in practice).