Blog of Julian Andres Klode

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swfdec working perfectly with gstreamer

After the trouble with swfdec and gstreamer, I found out the source of the issue (the fluendo mp3 plugin, see below), and can now use swfdec with gstreamer.

Warning: Do not use the mp3 plugin from fluendo.com

swfdec does not always work with the binary mp3 plugin from fluendo.com, at least not in Ubuntu 8.04 64bit. It works with the version shipped in Ubuntu (gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3) and with the mad plugin in gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly. An example is http://youtube.com/watch?v=CSp7jsV7oG0

Installation of missing gstreamer plugins

This works on both, Debian and Ubuntu, provided gnome-app-install is installed (default in Ubuntu). Simply open a youtube video, and you will be asked for searching the missing codecs. This also works in almost any other gstreamer application, like rhythmbox or totem.

Builds of the development branch

I will provide builds of the 0.7.1 git versions of swfdec and swfdec-mozilla in my PPA soon. This version even supports fullscreen mode in youtube! The PPA will build versions for hardy and intrepid.

Written by Julian Andres Klode

May 22, 2008 at 23:59

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  1. the version in the ubuntu repos hasnt been compiled with pulseaudio support. Would it be possible for you to compile yours with the –with-audio=pa to make it work properly.

    launchpad bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/swfdec0.6/+bug/213520

    bobby joe

    May 23, 2008 at 00:51

  2. hi!

    which version of the mp3 plugin do you have? i use 0.10.6 and didn’t see any issues. It would be nice to know how you can crash it :-)

    cheers, piem

    piem

    May 23, 2008 at 13:38

  3. @piem: It’s version 0.10.6 from fluendo.com, and it fails on the following video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CSp7jsV7oG0 (and others). Version 0.10.7 from the Ubuntu repository works.

    Julian Andres Klode

    May 23, 2008 at 14:18

  4. Hi, you say you have a hardy and intrepid build in your ppa. How you specify this in the debian/changes file before you upload to launchpad.

    I ask this question because I try to build transmission-1.30b1 for both distributions but until now with no success.

    Regards

    Kevin

    July 22, 2008 at 09:41


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