Bug#370548: totem-mozilla: Refuses to play certain files over the network

[Javier Kohen]

Package: totem-mozilla
Version: 1.4.1-1
Severity: normal

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I'm not sure why, but the Totem plug-in for Mozilla-based browsers (Epiphany in my case) refuses to play certain files over the network.

How to reproduce:

Go to http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.html, try to play either of the AVI videos. You'll get the following message:
Totem could not play 'fd://0'.
Cannot play this file over the network. Try downloading it to disk first.

Expected behavior:

Preferredly the plug-in would play those files over network, or follow its own suggestion and download them to disk and then play them. Alternatively, it could avoid registering itself as a handler for media types it cannot play as a plug-in, thus letting other plug-ins (such as MPlayerplug-in) handle them.

Note that MPEG and Quicktime play alright and MPlayerplug-in is used (here) for FLI.

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-ck8
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages totem-mozilla depends on:
ii  totem-gstreamer               1.4.1-1    A simple media player for the Gnom

Versions of packages totem-mozilla recommends:
ii  epiphany-browser [www-browser 2.14.2.1-1 Intuitive GNOME web browser
ii  w3m [www-browser]             0.5.1-4    WWW browsable pager with excellent

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