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Bug 520209 - transcoding should use easy codec installation when required
transcoding should use easy codec installation when required
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: general
0.11.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-03-04 00:00 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2011-07-18 12:18 UTC
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Description Sebastien Bacher 2008-03-04 00:00:22 UTC 
Doing an ogg dnd between the library and an ipod when no mp3 encoder is installed doesn't work, it should display a message about the issue or use the easy codec installation
Comment 1 Christophe Fergeau 2008-04-08 13:32:41 UTC 
I think it's caused by rb-encoder-gst.c:transcode_track not having support for the easy codec installer, it should probably emit the missing-plugin signal when it fails to locate the necessary plugins and rhythmbox should be able to act based on that signal. I don't think there is anything specific about ipods in that bug.
Comment 2 Jonathan Matthew 2008-04-13 11:18:49 UTC 
I think this requires some changes in gnome-media (or it's a requirement on whatever replaces it: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/wiki/EncodingProfiles) - currently we can only get a list of active profiles, where the definition of active includes all plugins used in the pipeline already being installed.
Comment 3 Paul Elms 2009-08-20 16:54:07 UTC 
There is a bug report from Ubuntu on this issue that can be found at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/311296

In brief: Rhythmbox should warn if some drag and drop operations are not possible because there is no mp3 encoder installed, or ideally offer easy codec installation.
Comment 4 Jonathan Matthew 2011-07-18 12:18:10 UTC 
fixed in 90b7496