[Bug 405155] Re: No prompt to install codecs in totem-mozilla

[Curtis Hovey]

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Title:
  No prompt to install codecs in totem-mozilla

Status in “gnome-codec-install” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Testing in Karmic Alpha 3

  On a fresh install , If the user tires to visit a site which uses .asf , for streaming videos , the totem-mozilla plugin [windows media plugin] doesnt work. 
  [this .asf is used by several sites which require user accounts to view streaming video channels]

  The plugin doesnt work because the required codecs dont exist on a
  default install, and the user is not warned that the codecs need to be
  installed.

  *Since there is no prompt the user has no idea of what is
  wrong/missing* .

  *There needs to be a prompt , when the plugin doesnt work , that a
  codec needs to be installed* .

  [AFAIK , The totem-mozilla plugin doesnt work until codecs , which
  dont exist in the default install, are installed]

  There are several bugs reported for each codec , Installing the
  "ubuntu-restricted-extras" packages , should cover all the required
  codecs , and other scenarios as well.

  The sites I know need an user account, but to test on a fresh install
  use this > http://2onlinetv.com/tv/broadcast.php?id=1042 < this is an
  open site.

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