@Jim Well I am expecting that the QMediaPlayer object reports back an Error using the signal "error"[1];
This is how the application can detect if there is an error or not. Works very well on desktop with gstreamer (I tested it). There is a enum[2] used to identify which error was. And one of the enum values is "QMediaPlayer::FormatError" which is used to notify the application that this format is not supported. [1] http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qmediaplayer.html#error-2 [2[ http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qmediaplayer.html#Error-enum -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediaplayer-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365497 Title: Inform user when a video format is not supported Status in Media Hub: New Status in Media Player App: In Progress Status in “mediaplayer-app” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: When a video format is not supported the result is at best a black or green screen, a black video with audio, or worst case a crash. Instead of this the player shouldn't try playing the video and inform the user that the format is not supported. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: mediaplayer-app 0.20.5+14.10.20140820-0ubuntu1 [origin: Ubuntu RTM] Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: armhf Date: Thu Sep 4 15:07:06 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-04 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - armhf (20140904-030254) SourcePackage: mediaplayer-app UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/media-hub/+bug/1365497/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp