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shared-mime-info package

Nautilus doesn't recognize .MTS file extensions as AVCHD media.

Bug #465964 reported by Neil Wilson
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
shared-mime-info
In Progress
Unknown
shared-mime-info (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

.MTS files are videos and should trigger Ubuntu's media support mechanisms. Probably linked to Ubuntu's poor support for AVCHD media in general.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 31 02:41:00 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

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Neil Wilson (neil-aldur) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, could you add an example to the bug? Is the mimetype correctly detected? It should be listed in shared-mime-info and the totem desktop to work correctly, not a nautilus issue in any case there

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Neil Wilson (neil-aldur) wrote : Re: [Bug 465964] Re: Nautilus doesn't recognize .MTS file extensions as AVCHD media.

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Do you want an AVHCD file attaching?

The file manager lists all '.MTS' files as 'unknown
(application/octet-stream)' even with 'vlc' installed which can play
those files.

Movie Player can't play the files - even after plugin search -
complaining about 'The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2
Transport Stream demuxer plugin which is not installed.'

AVHCD files are generated by modern HD camcorders. (mine is a Canon HF100).

2009/10/31 Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>:
> Thank you for your bug report, could you add an example to the bug? Is
> the mimetype correctly detected? It should be listed in shared-mime-info
> and the totem desktop to work correctly, not a nautilus issue in any
> case there
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
>     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
>
> --
> Nautilus doesn't recognize .MTS file extensions as AVCHD media.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465964
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Neil Wilson

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Neil Wilson (neil-aldur) wrote :

.MTS and .M2TS file extensions should be linked to mime type video/MP2T as per RFC 3555. I've linked a freedesktop bug that probably covers the issue upstream

affects: nautilus → shared-mime-info
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Neil Wilson (neil-aldur) wrote :

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10/+bug/364329 has a video stream that demonstrates the mime problem and the lack of support within Totem via the standard plugin search mechanisms.

It reports lack of support for 'MPEG-2 Video Decoder' within the plugin search facility.

I suspect that we have a lump of related but separate bugs here. I'd appreciate direction as to how to split them out.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in shared-mime-info:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Neil Wilson (neil-aldur) wrote :

video/MP2T is not in the shared-mime-info package. /usr/share/mime/video is pretty sparse to be honest.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) → shared-mime-info (Ubuntu)
Changed in shared-mime-info (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in shared-mime-info:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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