Bug 69225
| Summary: | Webkit-GTK should provide information about missing plugins | ||
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| Product: | WebKit | Reporter: | ManDay <manday> |
| Component: | WebKitGTK | Assignee: | Nobody <webkit-unassigned> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | Major | ||
| Priority: | P2 | ||
| Version: | 528+ (Nightly build) | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | All | ||
ManDay
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-libs/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-gstpbutilsmissingplugins.html
It's unbearable that the user is put through a lengthy trial-and-error process in order to figure out which plugin he is missing for a particular video or audio. Webkit-GTK has to provide such information to the user, at the very least which codec (a/v) is attempted to be played and failed. Optionally, which plugin is require to play that specific codec. Optionall, Webkit-GTK should interface with the respective gstreamer functions to install that codec for the user by means of the correct package management system, with which gstreamer will interface.
For a start, such information could be written to stdout. Eventually, it should be correctly provided through a complete context menu and dialog which in turn is acessible by right-clicking the gstreamer frame.
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ManDay
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 34085 ***