On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 09:45:35AM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: > [...] > And BTW, why do I need to install codecs? > > % aptitude search 'gstreamer1.0-plugins ~i' > i A gstreamer1.0-plugins-base - GStreamer plugins from the "base" set > i A gstreamer1.0-plugins-good - GStreamer plugins from the "good" set > > I installed the -bad set and now I can play mp3 files.
Sounds like you just answered your own question. The mp3 decoder doesn't exist in -good and -base. > I'd say banshee should promote the Suggests to Recommends of the -bad > set (how likely is it that someone doesn't have mp3 files installed?). No. MP3 is still patent-encumbered, afaik. So we should really have mp3 support as an opt-in thing rather than an opt-out thing, for people in countries with stupid patent legislations. I think getting our codec auto-installation thing working is a better bet. I'm thinking that gnome-codec-install should have Breaks: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0, since other gstreamer-codeec-install alternatives exist (sessioninstaller, for instance) that support autoinstalling codecs for gst 1.0. > Should I file a new bug for this? No. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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