Package: showtime Version: 50.0-1 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Steps to reproduce: ```bash mkdir -p /tmp/originals curl -o /tmp/originals/mov_bbb.mp4 https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4 mkdir /tmp/links ln -s ../originals/mov_bbb.mp4 /tmp/links/test.mp4 cd /tmp showtime links/test.mp4 ``` Expected behavior: video plays normally Observed behavior: showtime fails with "Failed to pause" error ``` DEBUG: showtime:54 Starting org.gnome.Showtime v50.0 (release) DEBUG: showtime:55 Python version: 3.13.14 (main, Jun 10 2026, 18:10:12) [GCC 15.2.0] DEBUG: showtime:56 GStreamer version: 1.28.3.0 DEBUG: showtime:312 Playing video: file:///originals/mov_bbb.mp4 DEBUG: showtime:360 Video paused DEBUG: showtime:355 Video unpaused DEBUG: showtime:319 No previous play position ERROR: showtime:740 Failed to pause ``` The URI file:///originals/mov_bbb.mp4 is incorrect — the symlink target ../originals/mov_bbb.mp4 is being resolved relative to the current working directory (/tmp) instead of relative to the directory containing the symlink (/tmp/links), producing /originals/mov_bbb.mp4 instead of /tmp/originals/mov_bbb.mp4. Note: opening the same symlink from within its directory (cd /tmp/links && showtime test.mp4) works correctly: ``` DEBUG: showtime:54 Starting org.gnome.Showtime v50.0 (release) DEBUG: showtime:55 Python version: 3.13.14 (main, Jun 10 2026, 18:10:12) [GCC 15.2.0] DEBUG: showtime:56 GStreamer version: 1.28.3.0 DEBUG: showtime:312 Playing video: file:///tmp/originals/mov_bbb.mp4 DEBUG: showtime:360 Video paused DEBUG: showtime:355 Video unpaused DEBUG: showtime:319 No previous play position DEBUG: showtime:707 Seeked to 0 DEBUG: showtime:438 Resizing window… DEBUG: showtime:524 Resized window to 320x176 DEBUG: showtime:524 Resized window to 320x176 ``` The file manager (Nautilus) exhibits the same issue when opening video files via relative symlinks, as it invokes showtime with --gapplication-service using the user's home directory as working directory. Another note: `loupe` works correctly in this regard (replace the video with a picture on the steps above and `loupe` will display the image regardless of current working directory) -- System Information: Debian Release: forky/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 7.0.10+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages showtime depends on: ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.49.0-4+b1 ii gir1.2-adw-1 1.9.0-1 ii gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0 1.28.3-1 ii gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 1.28.3-1 ii gir1.2-gtk-4.0 4.22.4+ds-1 ii gstreamer1.0-gl 1.28.3-1 ii gstreamer1.0-gtk4 0.14.4-1+b1 ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.28.3-1 ii python3 3.13.9-3+b1 ii python3-gi 3.56.2-1 showtime recommends no packages. showtime suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
