Bug 218419

Summary:	xine-lib will not play back MPEG files
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Daigoro Toyama <daihardm3>
Component:	xine-lib	Assignee:	Aurelien Bompard <gauret>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Daigoro Toyama 2006-12-05 08:19:39 UTC

Description of problem:

This version of xine-lib will not play MPEG movie files.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

1.1.2-17

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use an MPEG (*.mpg) movie file.
2. Attempt to view it using Kaffeine, which uses xine-lib.
  
Actual results:

The error message saying "No plugins found" pops up.

Expected results:

The movie playback should start.

Additional info:

The Livna package, xine-lib-1.1.2-4.lvn5.i386.rpm, works perfectly. Once I run
"yum update" to update it to the Extras 1.1.2-17 version, then the MPEG playback
will not work anymore.

Comment 1 Ville Skyttä 2006-12-06 13:33:25 UTC

Software MPEG playback cannot be included in Fedora packages due to patent issues.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems

Comment 2 Daigoro Toyama 2006-12-10 01:06:38 UTC

Fine, but then why did you make it so it would "update" an existing Livna
version, which plays back MPEG? At least should you not make sure the Extras
version should not overwrite the Livna version?

Comment 3 Michael Schwendt 2006-12-10 08:37:30 UTC

No: yum install xine-lib-extras-nonfree

Comment 4 Daigoro Toyama 2006-12-10 10:27:30 UTC

The problem is, for the customer who already has the Livna version of xine-lib
installed on their system, there's no way of knowing the change. All we see is
the  updated version of xine-lib suddenly not working anymore. How are we
supposed to know that xine-lib-extras-nonfre is now available via Livna? Just
running "yum" won't tell us anything like that.

I don't want to sound bitter, but this is one extra step that I had to take to
do what I've been doing without any problem. I'd certainly understand it if the
change came along with a new version, such as FC6.

Comment 5 Michael Schwendt 2006-12-10 11:18:44 UTC

The term "customer" is inappropriate. ;)

As "a user" of a 3rd party repository, you may need to stay informed about
any incompatible changes in package development which affect you. There
are mailing-lists, for instance, where moving xine-lib has been a topic.

Fedora Extras is free to override packages from 3rd party repositories
any time. Even in cases where some coordination is possible, often it is
much more convenient to just go ahead with a change instead of trying to
spend a lot of time into trying to come up with a smart solution that might
suffer from other pitfalls.

Whether this change could have been announced in a (hopefully) prominant
place, is a different topic. Much of Fedora Extras and Livna would benefit
from additional contributors.