JauntyCodecInstall

Revision 1 as of 2008-11-26 12:23:01

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Summary

Debian has a new mechanism for doing codec installation. Packagekit is also capable of doing codec installs now. We should evalulate if he should keep our version (based on gnome-app-install) or switch to one of the new systems.

Release Note

TBD

Rationale

The codec install information is now part of the Package file. This is a feature that we inherited from debian and that we should use.

Design

The codec install information is now part of the Packages file, it looks like: 

$ apt-cache show gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
Package: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 3384
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Maintainers of GStreamer packages <pkg-gstreamer-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: gst-plugins-good0.10
Version: 0.10.10.4-1ubuntu1
Replaces: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (<< 0.10.7.2), gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-doc (<< 0.10.6-2), gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad (<< 0.10.7.2)
Provides: gstreamer0.10-audiosink, gstreamer0.10-audiosource, gstreamer0.10-videosink, gstreamer0.10-videosource, gstreamer0.10-visualization
Depends: gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2), libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.4), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta13b-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcucul0 (>= 0.99.beta13b-1), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdv4, libflac8, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.21), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.21), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.1), libhal1 (>= 0.5.8.1), libiec61883-0 (>= 1.1.0), libjpeg62, liboil0.3 (>= 0.3.10), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libraw1394-8, libshout3, libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.23.91), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libtag1c2a (>= 1.5), libv4l-0 (>= 0.5.0), libwavpack1 (>= 4.40.0), libx11-6, libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
Recommends: gstreamer0.10-x
Filename: pool/main/g/gst-plugins-good0.10/gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.10.4-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
Size: 1028966
MD5sum: 02fbc87a7ee0eba5056b3277675332cf
SHA1: 29d9bbdf98322d61c214b9dfe30e580f6ae4df6d
SHA256: 9ed27e92492f2de3830fdaaac9673fb5ce1521aa571dcda1b11c2b304f494d5c
Description: GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
 GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters
 which operate on media data.  Applications using this library can do
 anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just
 about anything else media-related.  Its plugin-based architecture means
 that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by
 installing new plug-ins.
 .
 This package contains the GStreamer plugins from the "good" set, a set
 of good-quality plug-ins under the LGPL license.
Gstreamer-Decoders: application/x-3gp; application/x-apetag; application/x-icy; application/x-id3; application/x-navi-animation; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string){ AMR, AMR-WB }, encoding-params=(string)1, octet-align=(string)1, crc=(string){ 0, 1 }, robust-sorting=(string)0, interleaving=(string)0; application/x-rtp, media=(string){ video, audio, application }, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)MPEG4-GENERIC, streamtype=(string){ 4, 5 }, mode=(string){ generic, CELP-cbr, CELP-vbr, AAC-lbr, AAC-hbr }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)ILBC, mode=(string){ 20, 30 }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)SPEEX, encoding-params=(string)1; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)THEORA, delivery-method=(string)inline; application/x-rtp, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], media=(string){ audio, video }, encoding-name=(string){ X-QT, X-QUICKTIME }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string){ AC3, G726, G726-16, G726-24, G726-32, G726-40, G729, GSM, PCMA, PCMU, MPA, L16, MP4A-LATM, VORBIS }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string){ MPV, H263-2000, H263, H264, MP1S, MP2T-ES, MP4V-ES, RAW, H263-1998 }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)34, encoding-name=(string)H263; application/x-rtp, media=(string)other, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)MP1S; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int){ 18, 3, 8, 0, 14, 10, 11 }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int){ 32, 33 }; application/x-subtitle-avi; audio/x-alaw; audio/x-au; audio/x-flac; audio/x-m4a; audio/x-mulaw; audio/x-speex; audio/x-wav; audio/x-wavpack, framed=(boolean){ false, true }; audio/x-wavpack-correction, framed=(boolean)false; image/bmp; image/gif; image/jpeg; image/png; image/svg; image/svg+xml; image/tiff; image/vnd.wap.wbmp; image/x-MS-bmp; image/x-bitmap; image/x-bmp; image/x-cmu-raster; image/x-icon; image/x-pcx; image/x-pixmap; image/x-portable-anymap; image/x-portable-bitmap; image/x-portable-graymap; image/x-portable-pixmap; image/x-sun-raster; image/x-tga; multipart/x-mixed-replace; text/x-cmml, encoded=(boolean)true; video/mj2; video/quicktime; video/x-dv, systemstream=(boolean){ true, false }; video/x-fli; video/x-matroska; video/x-msvideo; video/x-smoke
Gstreamer-Elements: aasink, agingtv, alawdec, alawenc, alpha, alphacolor, apedemux, apev2mux, asteriskh263, audioamplify, audiochebband, audiocheblimit, audiodynamic, audioinvert, audiokaraoke, audiopanorama, audiowsincband, audiowsinclimit, auparse, autoaudiosink, autovideosink, avidemux, avimux, avisubtitle, breakmydata, cacasink, cairotextoverlay, cairotimeoverlay, cmmldec, cmmlenc, cutter, deinterleave, dicetv, dv1394src, dvdec, dvdemux, dynudpsink, edgetv, efence, equalizer-10bands, equalizer-3bands, equalizer-nbands, flacdec, flacenc, flactag, flxdec, gamma, gconfaudiosink, gconfaudiosrc, gconfvideosink, gconfvideosrc, gdkpixbufdec, gdkpixbufscale, gdkpixbufsink, goom, goom2k1, halaudiosink, halaudiosrc, hdv1394src, icydemux, id3demux, id3v2mux, interleave, jpegdec, jpegenc, level, matroskademux, matroskamux, monoscope, mulawdec, mulawenc, multifilesink, multifilesrc, multipartdemux, multipartmux, multiudpsink, navigationtest, navseek, ossmixer, osssink, osssrc, pngdec, pngenc, progressreport, qtdemux, quarktv, revtv, rganalysis, rglimiter, rgvolume, rndbuffersize, rtpL16depay, rtpL16pay, rtpac3depay, rtpamrdepay, rtpamrpay, rtpdec, rtpdepay, rtpdvdepay, rtpdvpay, rtpg726depay, rtpg726pay, rtpg729depay, rtpg729pay, rtpgsmdepay, rtpgsmpay, rtph263depay, rtph263pay, rtph263pdepay, rtph263ppay, rtph264depay, rtph264pay, rtpilbcdepay, rtpilbcpay, rtpmp1sdepay, rtpmp2tdepay, rtpmp2tpay, rtpmp4adepay, rtpmp4apay, rtpmp4gdepay, rtpmp4gpay, rtpmp4vdepay, rtpmp4vpay, rtpmpadepay, rtpmpapay, rtpmpvdepay, rtpmpvpay, rtppcmadepay, rtppcmapay, rtppcmudepay, rtppcmupay, rtpspeexdepay, rtpspeexpay, rtpsv3vdepay, rtptheoradepay, rtptheorapay, rtpvorbisdepay, rtpvorbispay, rtpvrawdepay, rtpvrawpay, rtpxqtdepay, rtspgoogle, rtspsrc, shagadelictv, shout2send, smokedec, smokeenc, smpte, smptealpha, souphttpsrc, spectrum, speexdec, speexenc, taginject, testsink, udpsink, udpsrc, v4l2src, vertigotv, videobalance, videobox, videocrop, videoflip, videomixer, warptv, wavenc, wavpackdec, wavpackenc, wavpackparse, wavparse, ximagesrc
Gstreamer-Encoders: application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string){ AMR, AMR-WB }, encoding-params=(string)1, octet-align=(string)1, crc=(string)0, robust-sorting=(string)0, interleaving=(string)0, mode-set=(int)[ 0, 7 ], mode-change-period=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], mode-change-neighbor=(string){ 0, 1 }, maxptime=(int)[ 20, 2147483647 ], ptime=(int)[ 20, 2147483647 ]; application/x-rtp, media=(string){ video, audio, application }, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)MPEG4-GENERIC, streamtype=(string){ 4, 5 }, mode=(string){ generic, CELP-cbr, CELP-vbr, AAC-lbr, AAC-hbr }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)RAW, sampling=(string){ RGB, RGBA, BGR, BGRA, YCbCr-4:4:4, YCbCr-4:2:2, YCbCr-4:2:0, YCbCr-4:1:1 }, colorimetry=(string){ BT601-5, BT709-2, SMPTE240M }; application/x-rtp, media=(string){ video, audio }, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)DV, encode=(string){ SD-VCR/525-60, SD-VCR/625-50, HD-VCR/1125-60, HD-VCR/1250-50, SDL-VCR/525-60, SDL-VCR/625-50, 306M/525-60, 306M/625-50, 314M-25/525-60, 314M-25/625-50, 314M-50/525-60, 314M-50/625-50 }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)ILBC, mode=(string){ 20, 30 }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)SPEEX, encoding-params=(string)1; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)THEORA, delivery-method=(string)inline; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string){ G726-16, G726-24, G726-32, G726-40, G729, GSM, PCMU, PCMA, MPA, L16, MP4A-LATM, VORBIS }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)3, encoding-name=(string)GSM; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)0, encoding-name=(string)PCMU; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int)8, encoding-name=(string)PCMA; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)32, encoding-name=(string)MPV; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string){ H263-1998, H263-2000, H263, H264, MP2T-ES, MP4V-ES }; application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, payload=(int)34, encoding-name=(string)H263; application/x-rtp, media=(string)audio, payload=(int){ 18, 14, 10, 11 }; audio/x-alaw; audio/x-flac; audio/x-mulaw; audio/x-speex; audio/x-wav; audio/x-wavpack, framed=(boolean)true; image/jpeg; image/png; multipart/x-mixed-replace; text/x-cmml, encoded=(boolean)true; video/x-matroska; video/x-msvideo; video/x-smoke
Gstreamer-Uri-Sinks: udp
Gstreamer-Uri-Sources: dv, hdv, http, https, rtsp, rtspt, rtspu, udp
Gstreamer-Version: 0.10
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-kde, xubuntu-desktop, mobile-mid, mobile-mobile

Together with this debian has a new codec install application """gnome-codec-install""" that uses this information. We should evaluate if that codec installer can supersede gnome-app-install. We also should check the packagekit codec installer and decide which one should be the default.

gnome-app-install

  • what we use now
  • - uses static data from /usr/share/app-install
  • - needs lots of clicks to install something
  • + uses fast dbm hash database to give instant feedback if codec is availabe
  • + knows about codecs even if they are in a not enabled component (e.g. multiverse codecs on a system without multiverse enabled)

gnome-codec-install

  • what debian uses now
  • ...

Implementation

TB

UI Changes

Should cover changes required to the UI, or specific UI that is required to implement this

Test/Demo Plan

Download a mp3 file from the net and double click on it to see the installer in action.

BoF agenda and discussion

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