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[Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimilan@xxxxxxx>]

Matthew: the automated codec installation already exists in Totem
actually. Just try to open a AAC file, and it will prompt you to install
the codec. The Fluendo DVD plugin should just be registered with the
correct information (to say: "hey, I read encrypted DVDs"), and Totem
should query for such plugins. This is probably not done ATM upstream
because only Ubuntu sells the Fluendo plugin by default, but would
likely be easy to do.

AFAIK, Totem is already smart enough to start playing right after the
codec has been installed.

For the technical details, see:
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-libs/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-gstpbutilsinstallplugins.html

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Title:
  Unhelpful response when inserting encrypted DVD in default
  installation

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Triaged
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Fix Released
Status in Totem Movie Player:
  In Progress
Status in “libdvdnav” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “libdvdread” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “libgimme-codec” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “totem” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 4.10, 5.04, 5.10, 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10,
  10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10

  1. Install Ubuntu.
  2. Insert a standard movie DVD.

  What happens:
  * In Ubuntu 10.10 and earlier, "An error occurred" - "Could not read from resource."
  * In Ubuntu 11.10, "An error occurred" - "Could not read DVD. This may be because the DVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is not installed."

  Without libdvdcss2, Totem, VLC, and others are unable to play my
  original DVD-s. I know it's illegal to ship Ubuntu with libdvdcss2,
  but it could be in multiverse repos, and totem's plugin installer
  could install it, OR add the medibuntu repo to the list (but leave
  unchecked), then Totem's plugin installer should give a hint, to use
  that repo's libdvdcss2 to play your DVDs. Newbies wont find out how to
  solve this problem by theirself, go back to win, and then it will be
  harder to solve the bug #1 :)

  Not to be confused with:
  * bug 502426, where DVDs don't play when libdvdcss is installed
  * bug 745515, "An error occured location not found" while trying to play a DVD
  * bug 747433, "Totem cannot play this type of media DVD because it does not have the appropriate plugins to be able to read from this disc"

  -------------------------------------
  Desired solution:

  When a user tries to play a dvd, a dialogue should pop up displaying
  the following message:

  "The DVD you have inserted cann't currently be played because the
  supporting software has not been installed. This is because it is not
  legal for Ubuntu to distribute this software in some countries. If you
  are certain that it is legal for you to install this software in your
  country, you can install it now. Would you like to install it now?

  <yes install now> <no thanks>"

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