PiTiVi (gstreamer?) fails on writing wav/pcm

[thom]

This might be a gst-plugins-good0.10 issue but i'm not sure.

All other audio-formats are written ok to disk
bug is media container independent.

release: Ubuntu lucid (10.04) LTS

pitivi:
  Geïnstalleerd: 0.13.4-0ubuntu3
  Kandidaat: 0.13.4-0ubuntu3
  Versietabel:
 *** 0.13.4-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:
  Geïnstalleerd: 0.10.21-1ubuntu3
  Kandidaat: 0.10.21-1ubuntu3
  Versietabel:
 *** 0.10.21-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.10.21-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

reproduceable: always
load a videoclip in PiTiVi
render with the audiosettings: Raw Audio

PiTiVi response:
There have been errors with Gstreamer

expected behaviour:
a resulting mediacontainerfile with 1 stream video and 1 stream PCM audio

what happened instead:
a resulting mediacontainerfile with 1 stream video and no audio

type of bug:
kind of a showstopper for PiTiVi users who work with serious/semi-pro/pro media formats

comment:
most amateur/semi-pro/pro recordings are in DV-video, interlaced, AVI-container with 2 channel 48kHz signed 16 bit low-endian audio (AKA "raw audio").
they prefer to keep this also as intermediate format to keep quality degradation to a minimum, also it is the defacto standard worldwide for video interchange.

At the moment PiTiVi is the only non linear editor that can do multitracking with continuous envelope shaping (mixing) AND has a remarkable stability AND is lightweight AND a fast pace working flow.

nasty workaround:
load a videoclip in PiTiVi
render with the audiosettings: FLAC/48kHz/16bit/2ch
(use a suitable container for that....like mkv)
use ffmpeg -i $VIDEO_IN -vcodec copy -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 -f avi $VIDEO_OUT

[thom (tsk)]

rendering is worse in maverick: instead of video only, no stream is written at all

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!