Ubuntu won't play video files without extension
Bug #1420728 reported by
Michał Karnicki
This bug affects 5 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical System Image |
Fix Released
|
High
|
John McAleely | ||
| media-hub (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Lorn Potter | ||
| media-hub (Ubuntu RTM) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Lorn Potter | ||
Bug Description
It seems that Ubuntu won't play a video file named "foobar", but will play "foobar.mp4". Is this a mediascanner bug, media-hub thing, or something else?
VLC on the desktop:
http://
Gallery on the phone:
http://
Same video file plays as soon as I add .mp4 extension.
It seems the gallery is using embedded MediaPlayer component, it's not launching mediaplayer-app externally.
The preview goes black, and nothing happens (no video, no audio).
Revision history for this message
| Tiago Salem Herrmann (tiagosh) wrote | #1 |
| no longer affects: | media-hub |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Jim Hodapp (jhodapp) |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| assignee: | nobody → John McAleely (john.mcaleely) |
| milestone: | none → ww02-2016 |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu RTM): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu RTM): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Jim Hodapp (jhodapp) → nobody |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| milestone: | ww02-2016 → ww08-2016 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| milestone: | ww08-2016 → backlog |
Revision history for this message
| Lorn Potter (lorn-potter) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| assignee: | John McAleely (john.mcaleely) → Lorn Potter (lorn-potter) |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → In Progress |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu RTM): | |
| status: | Triaged → In Progress |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| assignee: | Lorn Potter (lorn-potter) → John McAleely (john.mcaleely) |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Lorn Potter (lorn-potter) |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu RTM): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Lorn Potter (lorn-potter) |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| milestone: | backlog → 12 |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu RTM): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in canonical-devices-system-image: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Changed in media-hub (Ubuntu RTM): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Michael Sheldon recently fixed a similar bug in libthumbnailer, so he pointed that media-hub has potentially the same issue.
Media-hub need a fix like this: http://
The following file needs to be changed to use G_FILE_
This is a blocker to play files stored in history-service as well (ie: video or audio received via MMS)