GstDecodeBin2: This appears to be a text file

[arky]

Binary package hint: totem

This error is triggered when there mp3 file and text file with exact same file name.

1) mkdir /tmp/t
2) cp somesong.mp3 /tmp/t/t.mp3
3) echo 'foo' > /tmp/t/t.txt
4) totem /tmp/t/t.mp3

(totem:4027): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_set_valist: object class `GstPlayBin2' has no property named `queue-size'

(totem:4027): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_set_valist: object class `GstPlayBin2' has no property named `queue-threshold'
0:00:27.848563598 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:348:bvw_error_msg: message = This appears to be a text file
0:00:27.848635953 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:350:bvw_error_msg: domain = 3118 (gst-stream-error-quark)
0:00:27.848657534 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:351:bvw_error_msg: code = 5
0:00:27.848670525 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:352:bvw_error_msg: debug = gstdecodebin2.c(1511): type_found (): /GstPlayBin2:play/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin1/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin20:
decodebin2 cannot decode plain text files
0:00:27.848686588 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:353:bvw_error_msg: source = <decodebin20>
0:00:27.848723744 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:354:bvw_error_msg: uri = file:///tmp/t/t.mp3
** Message: Error: This appears to be a text file
gstdecodebin2.c(1511): type_found (): /GstPlayBin2:play/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin1/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin20:
decodebin2 cannot decode plain text files

0:00:32.137128269 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:348:bvw_error_msg: message = This appears to be a text file
0:00:32.137399463 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:350:bvw_error_msg: domain = 3118 (gst-stream-error-quark)
0:00:32.137629520 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:351:bvw_error_msg: code = 5
0:00:32.137816346 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:352:bvw_error_msg: debug = gstdecodebin2.c(1511): type_found (): /GstPlayBin2:play/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin1/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin22:
decodebin2 cannot decode plain text files
0:00:32.138153400 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:353:bvw_error_msg: source = <decodebin22>
0:00:32.138352028 4027 0x96fd5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:354:bvw_error_msg: uri = file:///tmp/t/t.mp3
** Message: Error: This appears to be a text file
gstdecodebin2.c(1511): type_found (): /GstPlayBin2:play/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin1/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin22:
decodebin2 cannot decode plain text files

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 21 19:02:14 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: totem 2.27.1-1ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-10.12-generic
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-10-generic i686

[arky (arky)]

$ totem /tmp/01.mp3

(totem:3497): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_set_valist: object class `GstPlayBin2' has no property named `queue-size'

(totem:3497): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_set_valist: object class `GstPlayBin2' has no property named `queue-threshold'
0:00:01.570243803 3497 0x988e5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:348:bvw_error_msg: message = Stream contains no data.
0:00:01.570331847 3497 0x988e5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:350:bvw_error_msg: domain = 3119 (gst-stream-error-quark)
0:00:01.570353788 3497 0x988e5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:351:bvw_error_msg: code = 4
0:00:01.570366925 3497 0x988e5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:352:bvw_error_msg: debug = gsttypefindelement.c(863): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /GstPlayBin2:play/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin1/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin20/GstTypeFindElement:typefind:
Can't typefind empty stream
0:00:01.570385442 3497 0x988e5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:353:bvw_error_msg: source = <typefind>
0:00:01.570426739 3497 0x988e5e0 ERROR totem bacon-video-widget-gst-0.10.c:354:bvw_error_msg: uri = file:///tmp/01.mp3
** Message: Error: Stream contains no data.
gsttypefindelement.c(863): gst_type_find_element_activate (): /GstPlayBin2:play/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin1/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin20/GstTypeFindElement:typefind:
Can't typefind empty stream

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, there is a bug about that on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587704

[Giovanni Cucca (spawnhcs-deactivatedaccount)]

I have the same issue with avi and srt files with same name.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug has been fixed upstream now

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

I am not able to reproduce this error in Ubuntu 13.04, and this has been marked as Fix Released upstream, so I will change the status to Fix Released in Ubuntu