GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 603283
Feature request: WVP2 codec support
Last modified: 2009-11-29 12:09:15 UTC
Originally Reported: WVP2: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488948 http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25323 More information: http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=WVP2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Video WVP2 Video/Image Codec not supported by gstreamer plugins or ffmpeg. Windows Media Video 9.1 Image V2 is a DMO-based codec. Optimized for encoding video from sequential bitmap images. There is no codec pack or application that is able to view this type of file. Example Media: http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/15523565/1322781786/name/TeaPartyCommercial.wmv Current result: Only audio plays. Visual content is not displayed. Expected result: Plays both audio and visual content in sync, with no delay. This bug was create to request WVP2 to be supported by gstreamer. If this is not possible due to legal issues or other roadblocks, please define what the issue is with supporting this codec. Tested on: i386, Ubuntu Desktop 9.10, Linux 2.6.31-15 Installed gstreamer packages: ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1 GStreamer plugin for ALSA ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.9-1 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer ii gstreamer0.10-nice 0.0.9-2 ICE library (GStreamer plugin) ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.14-4ubuntu1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1 GStreamer helper programs from the "base" se ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.16-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.12-1 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio 0.10.16-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio ii gstreamer0.10-tools 0.10.25-2 Tools for use with GStreamer ii gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1 GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
> There is no codec pack or application that is able to view this type of file. > (snip) > This bug was create to request WVP2 to be supported by gstreamer. If this is > not possible due to legal issues or other roadblocks, please define what the > issue is with supporting this codec. GStreamer generally does not implement codecs itself, but rather wraps third party codec libraries. If you can point to an existing (FOSS) library that implements this codec, we'd be happy to wrap it. Until then, your best bet is probably to file a feature request with ffmpeg (although I'm sure they're already aware of this).