.smi files are not played correctly

[Walter Cheuk]

Some parameters within .smi files are not parsed correctly, both in Totem and gnome-mplayer. To be specific, the clip-begin and clip-end tags are not honoured. Attached is an example file.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.29.4-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.12-generic 2.6.35-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 14 19:17:39 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100630.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=zh_HK:zh_TW:zh
 LANG=zh_HK.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gstreamer0.10

[bbordwell (benbordwell)]

Could you please describe the expected behavior for this file? When I open the file I get an audio stream in totem, what is this file supposed to do differently?

[Walter Cheuk (wwycheuk)]

The first 4 minutes should be skipped (as described by the 'clip-begin' tag). Now the stream just start from the very beginning.

[Walter Cheuk (wwycheuk)]

Why the bug is set to invalid? Any more info is needed? Please let me know.

[bbordwell (benbordwell)]

Walter, the bug is not invalid, just some shuffling around because it turns out this is a totem bug and not a gstreamer bug.

[Neal McBurnett (nealmcb)]

A real-world example at a popular site is the "listen" link at:

 "A Prairie Home Companion: May 6, 2006 - Moonlight on the Colorado River lyrics"
  http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2006/05/06/scripts/moonlight.shtml

See also the links and discussion at "How to play realmedia / SMIL / rtsp audio references with start/end points - Ask Ubuntu"
 http://askubuntu.com/questions/92088/how-to-play-realmedia-smil-rtsp-audio-references-with-start-end-points