[SRU] gst-plugins-bad0.10 needs rebuilding with mjpegtools to enable burning video with Brasero

[David Prieto]

I'm using Brasero 0.8.2 on Intrepid. Now brasero seems to have video DVD support, but if I try to burn a video file, in the burn dialogue the burn button is greyed out without a clue of how to fix the problem. That's very disorienting.

SRU JUSTIFICATION:

With brasero being the default burning application in Jaunty, many users will want to burn Video-CDs/DVDs. The problem is that gst-plugins-bad miss some ffmpeg-encoders due to not being built with mjpegtools support. From the buildlog:

configure: *** Plug-ins with dependencies that will NOT be built:
 mpeg2enc
 mplex

This results in brasero not being able to burn Video.

The issue can be fixed by adding libmjpegtools-dev (>= 1.9.0) to the build-depends.

SRU TEST CASE:

Make sure you got all the necessary plugins installed:

gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse, libavcodec-unstripped-52 and vcdimager

Open brasero with "brasero -g > log.txt 2>&1"

Check in log.txt that the libbrasero-vob.so plugin fails to load.

Now install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse from ppa (https://edge.launchpad.net/~amoog/+archive/ppa/)

Reopen brasero again, you'll now notice that libbrasero-vob.so plugin will load. Consequently, Video burning now works as expected.

NOTE: due to bug 351017 you will encounter a SIGILL if you convert video to mpeg2 and are running a non-pentium4 architecture. A fix for that has already been accepted in jaunty-proposed.

SRU REGRESSION POTENTIAL:

Low to non-existent since there is no code change and only 2 plugins more are built and installed.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

hi David, thanks for the report, could you get a brasero log with : brasero --debug &> brasero.log and attach it to the report? thanks.

[David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail)]

There you are. I hope that's what you need, please let me know if you need any further information.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I'm getting the same here, it could be due to the missing programs as: (brasero:7577): BraseroBurn-DEBUG: At burn-plugin.c:994: Module encountered an error while registering its capabilities:
No se pudo encontrar vcdimager en la ruta

there's a few errors like those in my machine also, I'll install those and report back, thanks.

[David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail)]

Installing vcdimager doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Here's what I get when I launch Brasero from the terminal:

(brasero:7181): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.18.0/gobject/gsignal.c:2384: instance `0x9caeda8' has no handler with id `1640'

(brasero:7181): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.18.0/gobject/gsignal.c:2384: instance `0x9caeda8' has no handler with id `1641'

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

could somebody having the issue send this to bugzilla.gnome.org? thanks in advance.

[Geofrey Burgos (grburgos)]

Same happens when you try to create a video project and try to burn it.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Forwarded upstream.

[christoph (christophs)]

I also have this problem (intrepid 64 bit).

[Rick Gabriel (klaxian1)]

I can confirm that this problem still exists in Brasero 0.8.4. There is a message displayed now though indicating that the DVD cannot be burned with the enabled plugins. However, I have every recommended package installed. I am not sure what is missing and the debug log is no help either.

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Yeah, i got this one too. It is impossible to burn a video or audio project, but it seems that i can burn data and iso files. I have tried this with two dvd-recorders and the media is dvd+rw and dvd-r.
A complete removal -> re-installation of brasero did not fix this issue.

brasero:
  Installed: 0.8.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.8.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I am on Intrepid up-to-date.
Linux magnus-laptop 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Attaching a debug and a backtrace.

[christoph (christophs)]

Also see question #50602. It seems these people are experiencing the same problem.

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Attaching a strace.

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

A few posts in the forums are touching this issue as well.
http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?searchid=54163586

[Sven Müller (svenho)]

Same problem here on Ubuntu 8.10 32bits

[Holy Smoke (holysmoke-1)]

I thought I was going to be happy with Ubuntu in place of Windows XP. It seems like we can't escape the buggy programs after all. Maybe I should call Terminex to straighten out Brasero.

[Guiodic (Guido Iodice) (guido-iodice)]

I confirm the bug. I update brasero to 0.9.1 from getdeb, but it doesn't solve the problem.

BUT with a .vob file the button is not grayed.
So, I thik the problem is about brasero-gstreamer interaction.

I installed all gstreamer plugin, and alla library related to ffmpeg and dvd (like libdvd)... this dosen't solve the problem.

[Holy Smoke (holysmoke-1)]

Thanks good buddy for the info. If I get it solved before you do, I will let you know.

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[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

comment on the upstream tracker:

"the problem is the libbrasero-vob.so plugin that doesn't
want to be loaded. It's because you don't have either:
-ffenc_mpeg2video
-ffenc_ac3
-ffenc_mp2
-mplex

"
could you also try to install those and see if it's still an issue?

[netztrip (netztrip)]

gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad is missing the mplex plugin (libgstmplex.so) which is needed by Brasero to create a valid video cd/dvd structure.

The attached debdiff adds a required build dependency to gst-plugins-bad0.10 in order to resolve this problem.

Please note that the packages gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse and libavcodec-unstripped-52 are also needed by Brasero. Maybe they should be added as a suggestion to the brasero package.

I hope this will help.

[hapsis (hapsis-kotiposti)]

Hi!

I have the same problem (intrepid 32bit) I don't understand - how should I use that .debdiff -file? Is there solution / fix to this issue yet?

- Hapsis

[charwhee (charwhee)]

Here is an example of how to use a debdiff file:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPackagingGuide/BuildFromDebdiff?highlight=(debdiff)

[Mathieu Brethes (mathieu-brethes)]

libavcodec-unstripped-52 is not provided in the standard Ubuntu 8.10 repositories. There is libavcodec-unstripped-51, but that doesn't seem to help.

[Mathieu Brethes (mathieu-brethes)]

Also, while following the "BuildFromDebdiff" tutorial from above, I stumble upon the following error at the stage where I type "sudo apt-get build-dep gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad":

E: La dépendance Build-Depends vis-à-vis de gst-plugins-bad0.10 ne peut être satisfaite car aucune version du paquet libcelt-dev ne peut satisfaire à la version requise

(in English: the dependency Build-Depends of gst-plugins-bad0.10 cannot be satisifed because no version of the package libcelt-dev can satisfy to the version requirements)

Any insights?

[Andrei Vacariu (avacariu)]

Download the latest version from GetDeb.net and try again.

[christoph (christophs)]

I tried:
$ dpkg-query -W brasero
brasero 0.9.1-1~getdeb3

(intrepid 64bit)

But it still doesn't work. (See attached Screenshot).
I tried with .avi videos.

[Achim (ach1m)]

As it seems this bug isn't a problem of Brasero but rather a problem of gstreamer-plugins-bad.

As already mentioned in this report, this is the comment from an upstream Brasero developer.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564169#c6

This are the requirements to make the Video Project work.

-ffenc_mpeg2video
-ffenc_ac3
-ffenc_mp2
-mplex

It would be great if the this bug could be resolved before the final release of Jaunty.

Regards
Achim

[Achim (ach1m)]

Not a bug of Brasero but rather of the gstreamer-plugins-bad package.

[David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail)]

So, as a user, is there a workaround until we get a proper fix?

[Timothy Palpant (timothypalpant)]

Can someone post built packages containing that debdiff? I don't understand why this is still around in Jaunty. As mentioned on the upstream bug report, Jaunty contains the proper version of mjpegtools; all that has to happen is for the gstreamer-plugins-bad package to be rebuilt to include it.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

A testbuild is waiting in my ppa to be built. I tried building locally and the resulting binary resolved the problem. debdiff attached.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

gst-plugins-bad0.10 (0.10.11-2ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/build-deps.in:
    - add build-depends on libmjpegtools-dev (>= 1.9.0) to build mplex-
      plugin. (LP: #270976)
  * debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install:
    - add mplex-plugin

 -- Andreas Moog <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:19 +0200

[Timothy Palpant (timothypalpant)]

The package in your PPA fixed the problem for me! Any chance of getting this into backports at least? It's a rather annoying bug that seems to affect a lot of people (google for it).

Thanks! Would be glad to do any additional testing if you need it.

[Attila Hammer (hammera)]

Andreas, your ppa package solves my problem, possible upload default
with Jaunty and backport with Intrepid?

Thanks your package!

Attila

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Updated debdiff which also installs mpeg2enc plugin to correct location.

gst-plugins-bad0.10 (0.10.11-2ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/build-deps.in:
    - add build-depends on libmjpegtools-dev (>= 1.9.0) to build mplex-
      plugin. (LP: #270976)
  * debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install:
    - add mplex-plugin
    - add mpeg2enc-plugin

 -- Andreas Moog <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:19 +0200

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

The package should be -bad-multiverse since mjpegtools sits in multiverse, not universe.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Note for those who installed my ppa-version of gst-plugins-bad0.10: please revert to the official jaunty version and install -bad-multiverse0.10 from my ppa.

Correct debdiff against gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 attached.

gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 (0.10.11-0ubuntu2) jaunty-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/control
    - updated build dep for libmjpegtools to >=1.9 to build mplex plugin
  * debian/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse.install
    - add mplex plugin

 -- Andreas Moog <email address hidden> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:32:40 +0200

[Vlad (vladc6)]

It would be really nice to have this fix in the Jaunty 9.04 CDs - otherwise users who install this version of Ubuntu won't be able to burn Video DVDs, which would be a shame given that a fix already exists.

[Attila Hammer (hammera)]

Andreas, Yesterday I installed your gst0.10-plugins-bad package with
your ppa repository my notebook (multiverse version).
Unfortunately, the video project writing now does'nt work my notebook.
In monday, this problem not see my desktop machine, but monday other
gst-plugins-bad package have your repository if I remember correct.
Have anybody confirm this problem, or my system not work correct?

Attila

[Robert Buhren (weelkin)]

I just installed your packages but it still doesn't work. Heres what brasero says :

(brasero:6263): BraseroBurn-DEBUG: At burn-plugin.c:1030: Module encountered an error while registering its capabilities:
Element "ffenc_mpeg2video" konnte nicht erzeugt werden
(brasero:6263): BraseroBurn-DEBUG: At burn-plugin-manager.c:469: Load failure, no GType was returned Element "ffenc_mpeg2video" konnte nicht erzeugt werden

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Attila, Robert: Please check that the command

ffmpeg -formats | grep mpeg

gives something like:

andreas@apophis:~$ ffmpeg -formats | grep mpeg2
FFmpeg version 0.5-svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-armv6t2 --disable-armvfp --disable-neon --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
  libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
  libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
  libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
  libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
  libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
  built on Apr 10 2009 23:18:41, gcc: 4.3.3
  E mpeg2video raw MPEG-2 video
 DEVSDT mpeg2video MPEG-2 video

If that's the case, please rebuild your gstreamer-registry with

rm $HOME/.gstreamer0.10/*.bin
gst-inspect0.10

After that, please run

gst-inspect0.10 | grep mpeg2

and check that there is

ffmpeg: ffenc_mpeg2video: FFMPEG MPEG-2 video encoder

mentioned.

[Attila Hammer (hammera)]

I doed the requested commands, and send two output file:
1. ffmpegoutput.txt - the ffmpeg -formats | grep mpeg2 output
2. gst-inspect0.10output.txt: gst-inspect0.10 | grep mpeg2 output

Unfortunately, if no disc in my notebook DVD-Rw drive, the write button
was displayed, but if have any writable disc, the write button is grayed.

Attila

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

That seems to be a different problem. Could you open a new bug report on that issue and attach the file produced by

brasero -g > log.txt 2>&1

That will help us resolve that problem.

[O. Emmerson (oemmerson)]

I have this bug on jaunty when trying to burn a SVCD of an avi file.

Upgrading to gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 - 0.10.11-0ubuntu2~ppa4 from Andreas's PPA fixed the problem for me.

Thanks

[Aldo Culquicondor (aldo-culquicondor)]

<<Now install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse from ppa (https://edge.launchpad.net/~amoog/+archive/ppa/)>>
That package doesn't exist.

[Noam Yorav-Raphael (noamraph)]

I added the PPA and installed the packages from it.

Running "gst-inspect0.10 | grep mpeg2" prints a line "ffmpeg: ffenc_mpeg2video: FFMPEG MPEG-2 video encoder"

But I still get the annoying "plugins" message and brasero will not burn a dvd... :(

Do you have any idea what should be done?

[garyjefferson (garyjefferson123)]

Andreas, I am running 9.04 with default installation and still encounter the

(brasero:8204): BraseroBurn-DEBUG: At burn-plugin.c:1030: Module encountered an error while registering its capabilities: "ffenc_mpeg2video" element could not be created
(brasero:8204): BraseroMedia-DEBUG: At scsi-get-performance.c:127: Unaligned data (24) setting to max (2048)
(brasero:8204): BraseroBurn-DEBUG: At burn-plugin-manager.c:469: Load failure, no GType was returned "ffenc_mpeg2video" element could not be created

problem, even after installing your version of -bad-multiverse0.10 from ppa.

output from 'ffmpeg -formats' and 'gst-inspect0.10' is as you describe above.

Is there something else I can check or attach to try to uncover what is going on?

[garyjefferson (garyjefferson123)]

I take it back: after rm'ing $HOME/.gstreamer0.10/*.bin and rerunning gst-inspect, it seems I can do video now (well, almost, now I'm running into "**ERROR: [brasero] Too many frame drops -exiting", but that's an entirely different issue).

Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 - 0.10.13-0ubuntu1

---------------
gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 (0.10.13-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * debian/build-deps.in
    - Remove unnecessary build dependency gtk-doc-tools. There is no
      -multiverse-doc package.
    - Remove build dependency python-xml. Package does not exist anymore.
    - Remove build dependency libx264-dev. x264 plugin will move to
      -ugly-multiverse.
  * debian/control.in
    - Add XB-GStreamer-* fields.
    - Replace Source-Version with binary-Version.
    - Add Provides field.
    - Update standards version to 3.8.2. No change needed.
  * debian/rules
    - Disable few more plugins built by default but not shipped in the package.
    - Enable previously disabled mplex plugin.
  * debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad-multiverse.install
    - Remove x264 plugin. Will move to -ugly-multiverse now.
    - Add mplex plugin. (LP: #270976)

 -- Onkar Shinde <email address hidden> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:28:47 +0530

[David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail)]

I just updated to 0.10.13-0ubuntu1, removed $HOME/.gstreamer0.10 and reran gst-inspect but I'm still getting the same message from Brasero.

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

David,

Did you mahually installed the -multiverse package from karmic?

[David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail)]

Onkar, it turns out I hadn't installed vcdimager, that's why brasero couldn't burn (or create) the image.

Anyway, shouldn't brasero prompt you to install missing packages? I would never have guessed that I had to install that particular package, were it not for this report.

[Sb (sb56637)]

I tried installing the karmic gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 on Jaunty and rebuilding the gst database, but Brasero still can't burn video DVDs.

[Sb (sb56637)]

"I tried installing the karmic gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 on Jaunty and rebuilding the gst database, but Brasero still can't burn video DVDs."

Sorry, forget about that, I didnt have libavcodec-unstripped-52 installed. We really need to fix the dependencies or at least the recommends for brasero, or create a brasero-video-illegal package or something to simplify this.

[poikiloid (efelthauser)]

I'm sorry but WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE JUST ADD THESE FIXES TO THE REPOS FOR AUTOMATIC UPDATE. THIS IS REALLY OBNOXIOUS. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW HOW TO ADD GSTREAMER PLUGINS. AND WHY SHOULD I? THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE IN JAUNTY AS OF SEPTEMBER 5 2009. WHEN WILL IT BE FIXED?????

THANKS

[David Norman (deekayen)]

poikiloid: I suspect it will be fixed when someone with the knowledge, access rights, and time gets personally affected by it and then they will fix it, as with all other things in the open source, free software, gpl, etc. environment. In the meantime, your implied sense of entitlement and virtual screaming is just spamming all us subscribers that have better things to do than to read your complaint.

Since you're passionate about it being fixed, perhaps you could actually help by hiring someone to fix it or offer a bounty or switch to k3b for your project for a while.

[poikiloid (efelthauser)]

sorry, that was my grandma. she cracked my password database again last night :(
i talked to her about why she wrote that, and from what i could get out of her, i think she got frustrated trying to burn michael jackson music videos for her friends or something. anyway, she regrets her bad attitude and testy tone and she was wondering, what dollar amount would be reasonable should she offer to have someone work on this?
her social security has kept her living off the fat of the land, so she's willing to shell out top dollar for a speedy, successful outcome.

[Ben Straton (fanum)]

poikiloid: Um... Ok, well if your interested in helping solve this issue (or hiring someone to), I would suggest looking at http://www.getafreelancer.com/ and see what similar projects are going for. If you decide you would like to post an ad there to find someone to help with this, and need help writing the description, post back here and I or someone else would be happy to help you describe the project.

[Koen (gorgabal)]

I am confirming this bug on ubuntu karmic beta. with the latest updates.

can someone confirm this is being worked on? i see the status is "fix-released" but i do not notice this on my pc in any way.

since the fixed is officially released, when does it reach my update-manager?

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

@Koen,

The bug was fixed ages ago in karmic. Have you installed gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse?

[Koen (gorgabal)]

jup, that one is installed.
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse is installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse-dbg is not installed.

still get some plugin error-message with a karmic beta installed 1 week ago.

what can i do to (help) fix it?

2009/10/7 Onkar Shinde <email address hidden>

> @Koen,
>
> The bug was fixed ages ago in karmic. Have you installed gstreamer0.10
> -plugins-bad-multiverse?
>
> --
> [SRU] gst-plugins-bad0.10 needs rebuilding with mjpegtools to enable
> burning video with Brasero
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270976
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in A disc burning application for gnome 2: Invalid
> Status in “brasero” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using Brasero 0.8.2 on Intrepid. Now brasero seems to have video DVD
> support, but if I try to burn a video file, in the burn dialogue the burn
> button is greyed out without a clue of how to fix the problem. That's very
> disorienting.
>
> SRU JUSTIFICATION:
>
> With brasero being the default burning application in Jaunty, many users
> will want to burn Video-CDs/DVDs. The problem is that gst-plugins-bad miss
> some ffmpeg-encoders due to not being built with mjpegtools support. From
> the buildlog:
>
> configure: *** Plug-ins with dependencies that will NOT be built:
> mpeg2enc
> mplex
>
> This results in brasero not being able to burn Video.
>
> The issue can be fixed by adding libmjpegtools-dev (>= 1.9.0) to the
> build-depends.
>
> SRU TEST CASE:
>
> Make sure you got all the necessary plugins installed:
>
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg,
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse, libavcodec-unstripped-52 and vcdimager
>
> Open brasero with "brasero -g > log.txt 2>&1"
>
> Check in log.txt that the libbrasero-vob.so plugin fails to load.
>
> Now install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse from ppa (
> https://edge.launchpad.net/~amoog/+archive/ppa/<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eamoog/+archive/ppa/>
> )
>
> Reopen brasero again, you'll now notice that libbrasero-vob.so plugin will
> load. Consequently, Video burning now works as expected.
>
> NOTE: due to bug 351017 you will encounter a SIGILL if you convert video to
> mpeg2 and are running a non-pentium4 architecture. A fix for that has
> already been accepted in jaunty-proposed.
>
> SRU REGRESSION POTENTIAL:
>
> Low to non-existent since there is no code change and only 2 plugins more
> are built and installed.
>

--
Groet Koen

[Koen (gorgabal)]

@Onkar
jup, that one is installed.
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse is installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse-dbg is not installed.

still get some plugin error-message with a karmic beta installed 1 week ago.

what can i do to (help) fix it?

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

@Koen,

You can tell me what exactly the error says (probably a screenshot). Also you can try launching brasero from terminal and then try to create the video DVD. Then paste here whatever errors you see on terminal.

[Koen (gorgabal)]

fine, here is a screen-shot of the terminal and brasero.

it is dutch, roughly translated:

"please replace the disk for an supported one"
"it is not possible to write with current plug-ins"

i hope it will help, the terminal does not give any error-message's

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

@Koen,

Yours seem to be different issue (may not be a bug). Do you have dvdauthor package installed?

[Koen (gorgabal)]

@Onkar

thx. that was the problem, it is now fixed.

Just weird my system didn't install that automatically. but i am happy now.

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

@Koen,

dvdauthor is in universe repository. So brasero can not depend on it or recommend it.

[Koen (gorgabal)]

@Onkar
so how is a noob supposed to handle this? i was only able to know it cause i asked it.

btw: i looked into synaptic, brasero does recommend dvdauthor.

[Gavin Hamill (gdh)]

Rather than the fairly unhelpful 'it is not possible to write with the current set of plugins', might the message be patched to suggest the user installs 'dvdauthor' to enable DVD-video burning?

Hence, no hours of programming skill required - just a one-line text change.

[John Dong (jdong)]

This is an ACK from MOTU-SRU for Jaunty for adding the build-dep. However, please correctly version the package version for a SRU.

[Ben Straton (fanum)]

The upgrade to karmic solved this problem for me, even though i had gtreamer plugins and dvdauthor in jaunty, it still would not work. Working in karmic is good enough for me (although i would of liked to find the source of the problem)

[Ben Straton (fanum)]

Can we close this bug, since karmic fixed it (installing dvdauthor and gstreamer plugins), or do we need to keep it open because it still effects jaunty?

[John Dong (jdong)]

Jaunty tasks are open for SRU, other tasks are closed already.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 into jaunty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Anyone who can test the proposed package? If not, the proposed update will be removed again. Thanks!

[Koen (gorgabal)]

@ Martin Pitt

i would love to ( got re-writeble dvd anyway ), but i do not know how to test it. please explain. ( i use LinuxMint, but that shouldt make a difference, does it? )

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Koen, no need for a DVD, just install the package from jaunty-proposed as described on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed . Thanks!

[Koen (gorgabal)]

sry, ik kinda already dit an OShop to kubuntu, wich doen not have brasero. i am still going to test it in a virtualmachine, wait for my feedback.

[Koen (gorgabal)]

alright.. i enabled jaunty-proposed in a virtualmachine. typit in a terminal:

sudo aptitude install gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10

but it says there is no package with that name. i am really new at testing so could you please help me out?

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

Koen,

The correct package name is gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse.

[Koen (gorgabal)]

bad news... did the testing, but still the same error. what can i do to help with his issue?

[Raphael Jolly (raphael-jolly)]

Same issue in Lucid Lynx.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

This update has been in jaunty-proposed for half a year or longer, without any testing feedback. I removed the jaunty-proposed package again.

[AFarris01 (afarris01)]

Ok, sorry to resurrect such an old bug, but I'm still seeing this issue in Brasero, as of today (9-13-14) on an install of Ubuntu 14.04. Is there anything I can do to help track this down? This has been frustrating me for the past 4 hours as to why I can't burn a video file onto a DVD so my parents can watch it on their TV...

I've tried every suggestion in this thread, and there was no change in the behavior of the program, though everything that was suggested to install was already in the system. I tried deinstallign and reinstalling jsut to be sure, but no dice.

[willie (williebobsancheezpaul)]

yes.. use a program called K3B it is far superior in my mind.. when you open in the middle bottom it will have a selection of actions.. under more actions is the video DVD project that should wet you up fine :)

On Saturday, September 13, 2014 11:01 PM, AFarris01 <email address hidden> wrote:

Ok, sorry to resurrect such an old bug, but I'm still seeing this issue
in Brasero, as of today (9-13-14) on an install of Ubuntu 14.04. Is
there anything I can do to help track this down? This has been
frustrating me for the past 4 hours as to why I can't burn a video file
onto a DVD so my parents can watch it on their TV...

I've tried every suggestion in this thread, and there was no change in
the behavior of the program, though everything that was suggested to
install was already in the system. I tried deinstallign and reinstalling
jsut to be sure, but no dice.

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Title:
  [SRU] gst-plugins-bad0.10 needs rebuilding with mjpegtools to enable
  burning video with Brasero

Status in A disc burning application for gnome 2:
  Invalid
Status in “brasero” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “brasero” source package in Jaunty:
  Invalid
Status in “gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10” source package in Jaunty:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I'm using Brasero 0.8.2 on Intrepid. Now brasero seems to have video
  DVD support, but if I try to burn a video file, in the burn dialogue
  the burn button is greyed out without a clue of how to fix the
  problem. That's very disorienting.

  SRU JUSTIFICATION:

  With brasero being the default burning application in Jaunty, many
  users will want to burn Video-CDs/DVDs. The problem is that gst-
  plugins-bad miss some ffmpeg-encoders due to not being built with
  mjpegtools support. From the buildlog:

  configure: *** Plug-ins with dependencies that will NOT be built:
      mpeg2enc
      mplex

  This results in brasero not being able to burn Video.

  The issue can be fixed by adding libmjpegtools-dev (>= 1.9.0) to the
  build-depends.

  SRU TEST CASE:

  Make sure you got all the necessary plugins installed:

  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, gstreamer0.10
  -plugins-bad-multiverse, libavcodec-unstripped-52 and vcdimager

  Open brasero with "brasero -g > log.txt 2>&1"

  Check in log.txt that the libbrasero-vob.so plugin fails to load.

  Now install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse from ppa
  (https://edge.launchpad.net/~amoog/+archive/ppa/)

  Reopen brasero again, you'll now notice that libbrasero-vob.so plugin
  will load. Consequently, Video burning now works as expected.

  NOTE: due to bug 351017 you will encounter a SIGILL if you convert
  video to mpeg2 and are running a non-pentium4 architecture. A fix for
  that has already been accepted in jaunty-proposed.

  SRU REGRESSION POTENTIAL:

  Low to non-existent since there is no code change and only 2 plugins
  more are built and installed.

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