[Bug 39683] Error message for unsupported media uninformative

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Public bug reported:

Affects: totem (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
In some situations, e.g. when I pop in a DVD movie, Totem opens up and shows an error message like:
"Totem could not play 'file:///dev/hdc'.
Could not determine type of stream."

I assume the actual issue is that Totem/Gstreamer lacks support for some
restricted file format, but a regular user would probably be very
confused.

I recommend something like:

"Could not play XXX. Media format is not recognized: <ID-string>. To
play this file, you might need to install additional file format
support."
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Error message for unsupported media uninformative
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/39683