Bug#272914: fails to play MS ASF video files

[Dogg]

Package: totem-xine
Version: 0.99.16-1
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/totem

Totem with the xine backend (I have not tested the gstreamer one) fails to play video
files bearing the extension 'wmv' and detected by file(1) as 'Microsoft ASF'. I have
first encountered this behavior as of 0.99.16-1.

When given such a file as input, be it on the command line or from the open dialog,
the buttons, video area, etc. remain inactive as if no file had been loaded. On stderr
I get:

Entity: line 1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found
[ascii garbage]
^

I tried changing the file extension to 'asf' with no success.

These files play fine using xine-ui.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro

Versions of packages totem-xine depends on:
ii  gconf2                    2.6.4-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-6       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-3        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-4        Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.6.2-6        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.6.1-1        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd0                   0.2.34-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.7-2.2      FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                   1:3.4.2-2      GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4               2.6.4-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11               1.2.0-6        LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.4.0-1      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.6-2        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.6.1-2        Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.2.1-3        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0               2.6.1.2-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.6.1.1-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.6.1.1-4      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.6.2-2        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11               1.0.16-8       GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0             1.0-1          library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.9-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-9           The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liblircclient0            0.6.6-12       LIRC client library
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.10.2-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.1-2        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.7-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++5                1:3.3.4-11     The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtasn1-2                0.2.10-4       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxine1                  1-rc5-1        the xine video/media player librar
ii  libxml2                   2.6.11-3       GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1               0.8.3-7        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxtst6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System event recording an
ii  libxv1                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System video extension li
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.2-1    compression library - runtime

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