Bug#468083: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad: audio/midi decoder not found

[Sebastian Dröge]

forwarded 468083 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519001
tags 468083 + confirmed upstream
thanks

Am Dienstag, den 26.02.2008, 23:25 +0100 schrieb Sven Arvidsson:
> Package: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
> Version: 0.10.6-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> First of all, thanks for adding the midi decoder to GStreamer! 
> 
> While GStreamer apps can be made to play back midi, there seems to be
> a problem with detecting the plugin sometimes. For example, when
> trying to convert midi with Soundconverter, or adding midi files to
> the Totem playlist and pressing Next:
> 
>     libWildMidi(WildMidi_Init:3707): ERROR Library not Initialized
>     ** Message: don't know how to handle audio/midi
>     ** Message: Error: A audio/midi decoder plugin is required to play
>     this stream, but not installed.
>     gstdecodebin.c(792): close_pad_link (): /play/decodebin1:
>     No decoder to handle media type 'audio/midi'
> 
>     ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|audio/midi
>        decoder|decoder-audio/midi (audio/midi decoder)
>        ** Message: Automatic missing codec installation not supported (helper
>           script missing)
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a problem with WildMidi or GStreamer.

I don't know either but the problem seems to be a) that seeking does not
work properly (either gstreamer or wildmidi bug) and b) that the error
reporting of the plugin for failed seeking is a bit too strong :) It
should continue to play back from the old position instead of exploding
that hard.

Forwarded upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519001
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