Thread: Gstreamer Bug in 12.04
hey everyone. have upgraded 12.04 , 1 of favourite programs has become broken result (minitube). after digging around appears due new version of gstreamer in precise repos. wish replicate bug quickly, happens in youtube addon totem, spitting out error missing codecs. tried downgrade gstreamer , various packages there not seem old versions available. tried use gstreamer's developers repo, epic fail on part. have tried change dependencies of minitube .deb rely on phonon-backend-vlc instead of phonon-backend-gstreamer lost. if google around see confirmed bug gstreamer there has yet fix or workaround.
appreciated.
i have bug on decoding & 1 on allowing vlc backend, not progress. suggested webupd8 ppa redo package, no luck there
anyway simple edit .deb, - i'll try lay out
might use 1.7 package webupd8 ppa & fix, should take less min.
wget's unless ppa updates names, page here for manual download if needed
in terminal
if on 64 bit installcode:mkdir desktop/fix && cd desktop/fix
if on 32 bit installcode:wget https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+files/minitube_1.7.1-1%7ewebupd8%7eprecise_amd64.deb
after download completes leave terminal open, open fix folder on desktop, right click on .deb > extract herecode:wget https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+files/minitube_1.7.1-1%7ewebupd8%7eprecise_i386.deb
once extracted delete .deb, leaving folder - screen 1
open folder > debian. inside control file, open in text editor
on depends: line you'll see phonon-backend-gstreamer, want add between r & , add space after r
so looks - see screen 2code:| phonon-backend-vlc
save control file, close text-editorcode:phonon-backend-gstreamer | phonon-backend-vlc,
@ terminal left open (at :~/desktop/fix$ prompt
64 bit
for 32 bitcode:dpkg -b ./minitube_1.7.1-1~webupd8~precise_amd64
once new deb built install gdebi or sccode:dpkg -b ./minitube_1.7.1-1~webupd8~precise_i386
after install open synaptic, search phonon-
install vlc backend & remove gstreamer backend
(edit: unless have vlc backend install, if you're go after minitube install
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