[SRU] Python (v2.7) requires to install plugins to play media files of the following typ

Try to play the video in Totem first, so all required codecs are installed.

Totem plays the file, there is no problem or you-need-to-install-this-codec window.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

+1

same issue.

$ LANG=C apt-cache depends soundconverter
soundconverter
  Depends: python
  Depends: python-gnome2
  Depends: python-glade2
  Depends: python-gst0.10
  Depends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
  Depends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
  Suggests: gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
  Suggests: <gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg>

There is no gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg package.

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Python 2.7 requires plugin of the type: Decoder H.264

Hello All,

I have the same error usin
AMD A6 5400 if that is of any help.

just press CTRL+ALT+T
and type :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Hi!

I have the same problem even after I have ran:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Do I have to do some configuration after installing ubuntu-restricted-extras?

Thanks!

=> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ubuntu-restricted-extras is already the newest version.

This fix it for me:
https://github.com/kassoulet/soundconverter/commit/31c8e73b59db696840f82c1afe892e923f818e24

This fix it for me:
https://github.com/kassoulet/soundconverter/commit/31c8e73b59db696840f82c1afe892e923f818e24

Thanks for the patch, I was having the same issue and this fixed it for me as well. Much appreciated!

@Gautier,@Jason
How did you manage to have the patched version of soundconverter?

@Everyone
Any chance to have this bug fixed in ubuntu repos sooner or later?

You can try to install this: http://www.getdeb.net/software/soundconverter
(not tested)

And the latest version will be on the next Ubuntu.

Thank you Gautier, I found another solution.

As described in https://answers.launchpad.net/soundconverter/+question/247332 you can also install this ppa:
ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
that adds gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg package to the repos. Installing it solves the problem.

Maybe someone could fill an SRU request pointing that the update has important fixes for it to work properly.

Filled SRU request here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/soundconverter/+bug/1421331

Thank you Michele!

For the interested people, please add themselves as affected by my request, so it become confirmed and not only new, and maybe some Ubuntu developer will notice it

@Gautier
Ubuntu bug team refused the request for now cause of some changes (like the new mp3 encoder). Could you provide a specific patch for this bug in order to minimize the changes from the version in the repos?

See comment in SRU.

Hello Thibaut, or anyone else affected,

Accepted soundconverter into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/soundconverter/2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

* enable proposed repository & install soundconverter.

$ LANG=C apt-cache policy soundconverter
soundconverter:
  Installed: 2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1 0
        400 http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.0.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages

convert mp4(H.264) to mp3
---> Complete & No error.

This bug was fixed in the package soundconverter - 2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1

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soundconverter (2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1) trusty; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable branch bug fixes (LP: #1423709).
    - Ignore video codecs (LP: #1308187). Thanks to Thibaut
    - Empty task queue when aborting. Thanks to Michael.
    - Fix TypeError when calling show_error. Thanks to Michael
 -- Michele Giacomoli <email address hidden> Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:45:43 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for soundconverter has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.