On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:30:32 +0100 Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote: > > $ dpkg -l | grep gstreamer0.10-plugins | cut -b 1-68 > > ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.19-2 > > ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.8-1 > > Currently youtuve videos seem to be using FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) or > something similar. When I did the suggestions of the packages to install on > the swfdec libs gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad wasn't needed to watch or listen > to youtube videos, so... either youtube changed the audio format or the > gstreamer guys moved some codecs to the -bad package.
It's quite possible either way. At any rate, I've just rechecked after installing gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, and it seems that I can hear audio in YouTube videos again! There are still some issues with swfdec-mozilla, since sometimes the image stays still, while the audio goes on, until something happens and the image wakes up again, regaining synchronization with audio. In other words, I sometimes fail to watch some visual segment of the video, while I can hear the whole audio. But I recall experiencing these issues with previous versions of swfdec-mozilla, hence it's not a regression: I hope swfdec will be enhanced soon... > > I don't think that it is our job to track what codecs are being used by > youtube and on what gstreamer packages they are included. Anyway, it is true > that the users should be getting some info on what to install if they find > that something is without sound or video. > > The trouble here is... should we recommend installing > gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad which may contain bad quality codecs which could > break our browser or even expose it to internet attacks? If there are security issues with gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad you are aware of, they should be reported to the BTS *as soon as possible* (with a "security" tag), so that they will also appear on http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/ If gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad includes codecs of such bad quality that could break other software, I think a bug should be reported to the BTS (possibly of "critical" severity), requesting that the offending codecs be removed from the package or otherwise fixed. If no issues like the above-described ones are actually present, I think that libswfdec-0.8-0 should recommend gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad. Please upload a new revision with such Recommend. > or should we > explain this all on a README.Debian? This would be suboptimal, IMO. -- On some search engines, searching for my nickname AND "nano-documents" may lead you to my website... ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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