Ubuntu
mplayer package

mplayer is missing desktop files for GNOME and KDE

Bug #386505 reported by José Alburquerque
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mplayer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Ubuntu karmic-alpha-3

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mplayer

Without the desktop files, mplayer is not available in the nautilus "Open with..." menus and in the "Applications->Sound & Video" menu in GNOME. Thanks.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 12 16:35:44 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: mplayer 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-8.9-generic
SourcePackage: mplayer
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-8-generic x86_64

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/mplayer
Revision history for this message
José Alburquerque (jaalburquerque) wrote :
Benjamin Drung (bdrung)
Changed in mplayer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote :

that should be rather easy to fix, as the desktop file is in the package but just not installed.

Changed in mplayer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → karmic-alpha-3
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package mplayer - 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu3

---------------
mplayer (2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Reinhard Tartler ]
  * add additional build dependencies that are available in
    ubuntu/multiverse LP: #386449
  * prefer auto-detection and lavc variants of many codecs in debian/rules
  * install .desktop and .xpm file in the mplayer package

  [ Siegfried Gevatter ]
  * improve desktop file to conform (more) to the freedesktop file
    specification LP: #386505

 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:24:25 +0200

Changed in mplayer (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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