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Bug #219405 reported by Reuben Thomas
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gstreamer0.10-pitfdll (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
António Lima

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gstreamer0.10-pitfdll

The last line of the package description points the user to README.Debian. It would be more useful for Ubuntu users if you changed the last line to:

"For this package to be useful, you should install the w32codecs package from Medibuntu (<URL>), or see /usr/share/doc/.../README.Debian."

Or, if you don't want to mention Medibuntu in the package description for some reason, then edit README.Debian to mention the Ubuntu package and Medibuntu rather than the Debian package and debian-multimedia.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 19 00:16:47 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: gstreamer0.10-pitfdll 0.9.1.1+cvs20080215-1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/epocemx/bin:/home/username/bin:/home/username/local/i686/bin:/home/username/local/bin:/home/username/.luarocks/bin:/home/username/Work/Adsensus/svn/nancy/trunk:/home/username/Work/Adsensus/svn/adsensus/trunk:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :
Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in gstreamer0.10-pitfdll:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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António Lima (amrlima) wrote :

I've made a patch for this. I'm subscribing ubuntu-universe-sponsors to check if they want to add this change to the package. Please be kind this is my first patch for Ubuntu

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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :

Presumably you should also change the mention of "Debian packages" to "Ubuntu packages", as "Debian" here refers to the distribution, not to the package format.

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António Lima (amrlima) wrote :

Done. New debdiff attached.

António Lima (amrlima)
Changed in gstreamer0.10-pitfdll:
assignee: nobody → amrlima
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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

Would it be a good idea to mention ubuntu-restricted-extras too? I don't know much about this package, sorry.

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António Lima (amrlima) wrote :

Good question. I'm not sure if the if the necessary codecs to use the Pitfdll plugin are included in Ubuntu restricted extras. Who could we ask about this?

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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

You could try it and see ;)

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António Lima (amrlima) wrote :

Did some digging and the plugin is only active when installing the w32codecs package from medibuntu. So The description is correct, having ubuntu-restricted-extras installed does not allows you to use the plugin.

amrlima@Quolet:/usr/lib$ gst-inspect-0.10 pitfdll
Plugin Details:
  Name: pitfdll
  Description: DLL-loader elements
  Filename: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libpitfdll.so
  Version: 0.9.1.1
  License: GPL
  Source module: pitfdll
  Binary package: PitfDLL
  Origin URL: http://ronald.bitfreak.net/pitfdll/

  qtadec_bin: quicktime binary audio decoder
  dmodec_wmspdmodv1: DMO wmspdmod decoder version 1
  dmodec_wmadmodv3: DMO wmadmod decoder version 3
  dmodec_wmadmodv2: DMO wmadmod decoder version 2
  dmodec_wmadmodv1: DMO wmadmod decoder version 1
  dmodec_wmvdmodv3: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 3
  dmodec_wmvdmodv2: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 2
  dmodec_wmvdmodv1: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 1
  dmodec_wmv9dmodv3: DMO wmv9dmod decoder version 3
  dshowdec_ir41_32v4: DS ir41_32 decoder version 4
  dshowdec_ir50_32v5: DS ir50_32 decoder version 5

  11 features:
  +-- 11 elements

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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

OK! Uploaded, thanks for your contribution

Changed in gstreamer0.10-pitfdll:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gstreamer0.10-pitfdll - 0.9.1.1+cvs20080215-1ubuntu1

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gstreamer0.10-pitfdll (0.9.1.1+cvs20080215-1ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Changed reference in README.debian from debian-multimedia to medibuntu (LP: #219405)

 -- Antonio Lima <email address hidden> Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:39:47 -0100

Changed in gstreamer0.10-pitfdll:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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António Lima (amrlima) wrote :

Thank's for your help Iain! I hope I can contribute more as I get better at packaging.

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