Bug#335292: totem-xine: Unknown type Error suggests no particular codec.

[A Costa]

Package: totem-xine
Version: 1.0.4-1
Severity: wishlist


Today, if I run:

    totem http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/aeon_flux/

...an error message pops up, telling me it doesn't have a 
plugin:

    `Totem could not play 'http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/aeon_flux/'.

    There is no plugin to handle this movie.

...but it doesn't give any information as to WHICH plugin or codec might
be missing.  A helpful MacIntosh user tells me "when the Mac gets an
unknown format it tells you which codec you need" -- if so, that would
also be a useful feature to have in 'totem'.

As is, naive users tend to flounder, though perhaps experts know better.

BTW, I'd suspect, after reading this bug:

    #330927: totem-xine: Will not play MP3 stream from Magnatune - "There is no plugin to handle...

...that a missing codec is not the cause of the above error. 
Nevertheless  it would still be better to show more diagnostic
information in such errors; if the error was a false alarm today,
it could be true tomorrow.


Hope this helps...



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages totem-xine depends on:
ii  dbus-1                    0.23.4-7       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                    2.10.1-6       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.17-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.10.3-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-6        Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.10.1-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.10.1-1       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-7        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]    0.2.36-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.10-1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4               2.10.1-6       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11               1.2.1-4        LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.5.1-2      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.8.3-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.10.2-1       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.4.5-1        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0               2.10.1-1       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.10.2-2       A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.10.1-1       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.10.1-5       The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11               1.0.16-13.1    GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0             1.1-4          library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.6.10-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhal0                   0.4.8-8        Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-10          The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liblircclient0            0.7.1pre2-10   LIRC client library
ii  libnautilus-burn1         2.10.2-1.1     Nautilus Burn Library - runtime ve
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.12.4-1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.8.2-3        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-5          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.8-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-2                0.2.13-1       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxine1                  1.0.1-1.3      the xine video/media player librar
ii  libxml2                   2.6.22-1       GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0-2      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxtst6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System event recording an
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-6      compression library - runtime

totem-xine recommends no packages.

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