Bug 781778

Summary:	tries (and fails) to install gstreamer element uridecodebin when it's already there
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Donald Edward Winslow <dew>
Component:	gstreamer	Assignee:	Benjamin Otte <otte>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	16	CC:	jdieter, nathanael, otte, timaaarrreee
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Description Donald Edward Winslow 2012-01-15 05:11:01 UTC

Description of problem:

In various contexts (see below) I see an error saying that an additional plugin is required. It then specifies: "The following plugin is required: Gstreamer element uridecodebin Do you want to search for this now?" If I click the "Search" button, PackageKit tries to find it (doing a provides) but fails "Failed to search for plugin Could not find plugin in any configured software source"

Gstreamer element uricodebin is actually present (provided by gstreamer-plugins-base and installed at /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstdecodebin2.so), so there is no need to install it. I've tried installing codecs by hand, but still can't get the DVD to play. Third-party repositories are enabled.

I get this error when ever I try to play a DVD with (for instance) DragonPlayer. I also see this error when I try to restart from the graphical menu on the KDE desktop, although I don't understand why. I also get the error sometimes when I'm clicking through directories in Krusader.

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

gstreamer-0.10.35-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-0.10.35-1.fc16.i686

How reproducible:

Every time I try to play a DVD with DragonPlayer and every time I try to restart from KDE's graphical menu.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert DVD
2. When prompted, choose "Play DVD with DragonPlayer".
3. Click "play disk" if the error message doesn't show first.

Actual results:

I see an error saying that an additional plugin is required. It then specifies: "The following plugin is required: Gstreamer element uridecodebin Do you want to search for this now?" If I click the "Search" button, PackageKit tries to find it (doing a provides) but fails "Failed to search for plugin Could not find plugin in any configured software source"

Expected results:

If there are necessary codecs, PackageKit should find them and install them and the DVD should start.

Additional info:

This can also be reproduced by right-clicking on the KDE desktop and choosing "Restart". The only way I can restart the computer is to open up a terminal and enter "reboot".

Comment 1 Jonathan Dieter 2012-01-17 15:19:24 UTC

FWIW, I ran into something like this and was able to fix it by removing ~/.gstreamer-0.10.

Comment 2 Donald Edward Winslow 2012-01-19 16:36:42 UTC

Removing ~/.gstreamer-0.10, as suggested by Jonathan, completely resolved my issue. It did uncover a bug that causes the KDE window decorator to crash on logout, but that one has been described upstream (in KDE and/or compiz bugtrackers).

Thanks, Jonathan!

Donald

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Comment 4 Tim Sullivan 2013-01-26 06:24:06 UTC

This fix worked for me updating from f16 to f18 when Rhythmbox or Clementine wouldn't play.  Thanks for posting!

Comment 5 Fedora End Of Life 2013-02-13 20:42:51 UTC

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