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mplayer package

Please remove mplayer-gui from build if it can't be maintained

Bug #1514698 reported by Doug McMahon
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Bug Description

Issues in 16.04, shortlist

Fails to open due to skin .png's which need to be png24, see -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/1218510

Defaults to a vo of vdpau so will fail to display video for most users in most cases

Defaults to optical device of /dev/dvd which no longer exists (for some time now

Defaults audio to pulse with application volume set to 0 so no sound

No menus so only can be used from context menu or file association

Get rid of or fix.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mplayer-gui 2:1.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Nov 10 01:01:40 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-25 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: mplayer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :
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sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote :

I tested in a live session made from Lubuntu xenial-desktop-i386.iso

mplayer2 works and gnome-mplayer works.

MPlayer2 2.0-728-g2c378c7-4build2 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team

GNOME MPlayer v1.0.9

-o-

I cannot install mplayer-gui. What program source must be activated (repo, ppa)?

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :

@sudous
MPlayer is currently in proposed, however i386 failed to build. As far mplayer-gui it's not been touched since I believe utopic

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sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote :

Thanks for this explanation :-)

Doug McMahon (mc3man)
description: updated
summary: - Please remove from disk if it can't be maintained
+ Please remove mplayer-gui from build if it can't be maintained
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in mplayer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in mplayer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Anatoly Borodin (anatoly.borodin) wrote :

mplayer-gui can be fixed by reuploading mplayer-skins, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/1218510

Therefore, no need to delete it.

Val Boer (valaangela)
information type: Public → Public Security
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