Mediascanner throws runtime exception when playing local video file from qml app
Bug #1449296 reported by
Josh Arenson
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical System Image |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Ubuntu RTM |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Jim Hodapp | ||
| qtubuntu-media (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Jim Hodapp | ||
Bug Description
When running the attached app on mako, the following error is produced
Doing a mediascanner lookup of file: "///home/
Caught runtime exception from mediascanner: Could not find media ///home/
However the application runs just fine on desktop.
Steps to reproduce
1. josh@localmachi
2. phablet@
Expected results: video plays
Actual results: media scanner cannot find video
Feel free to try running on desktop with
$ qmlscene active-app.qml
and observe expected behavior
Revision history for this message
| Josh Arenson (josharenson) wrote | #1 |
| affects: | mediascanner → qtubuntu-media |
Revision history for this message
| Jim Hodapp (jhodapp) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in qtubuntu-media (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| assignee: | nobody → Jim Hodapp (jhodapp) |
| Changed in qtubuntu-media (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
| affects: | qtubuntu-media → ubuntu-rtm |
| Changed in ubuntu-rtm: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| assignee: | nobody → Jim Hodapp (jhodapp) |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in qtubuntu-media (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in ubuntu-rtm: | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
| Changed in qtubuntu-media (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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This is not really an issue as it doesn't actually affect anything. I'll be completely refactoring this code in qtubuntu-media when delivering the full background playlist experience. Marking this as triaged though just so others can track my progress.