avidemux states could not open file

[John Rose]

In Precise, avidemux cannot open .ts or .mpg files: displays window with 'Could not open file'. I noticed that bug 793581 concerns latest version, namely 2.6.1. Precise is using 2.5.4.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: avidemux 1:2.5.4-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic-pae 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 25 12:41:35 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: avidemux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)