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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: arista: most presets require faac, but that isn't found
- From: Dov Feldstern <dovdevel@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:48:38 +0200
- Message-id: <20121005104838.9334.38143.reportbug@pollen.home>
Package: arista
Version: 0.9.7-4
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
I'm using a clean install of arista (only just installed now, no preexsiting
..arista/ directory in my $HOME). Attempt a transcoding using the gui: start
arista-gtk -> "Create Conversion" -> choose the source and destination, and
the "N900 MPEG" preset -> "Create".
At this point, I expect the transcoding to begin. What actually happens is
a "Search for suitable plugin?" window pops up, and the message
"arista.presets [435]: INFO Attempting to install elements: faac"
is printed to the console. Regardless of whether I search or just cancel,
ultimately the conversion fails "because of missing elements" (in the console:
"arista.presets [444]: ERROR Unable to install required elements!").
While googling this, I came across a discussion from mageia [1], which seems
to be the same issue I'm observing, and where they explain that faac is
problematic in that it is both non-free and tainted (not sure if this
terminology applies to debian, as well?). At the very end of the thread,
Christiaan Welvaart mentions having uploaded a patched arista, which uses the
unencumbered vo-aacenc package instead of faac. Further googling produced what
appears to be the mentioned patch [2]. Applying that patch to the current tip
of arista from github indeed fixes the problem (the presets have to be reset
with the patched arista, as per Christiaan's message). Once the presets have
been reset, the transcoding even works with debian's arista (i.e., the changes
are only to the code which generates the presets, I guess).
As far as I can tell, this has not been reported upstream, and I'm not sure
whether or not it should be, or whether this a problem of the distributions
(mageia, and also debian?).
Thanks!
Dov
[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.mageia.devel/16460
[2] http://sophie.zarb.org/distrib/Mageia/cauldron/i586/by-pkgid/f53eb919643c7b5ac76579ce7e7a4377/files/1
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages arista depends on:
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.4.0-2
ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.13-5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.36-1
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.31-3
ii lxde-icon-theme 0.5.0-1
ii python 2.7.3-2
ii python-cairo 1.8.8-1+b2
ii python-dbus 1.1.1-1
ii python-gconf 2.28.1+dfsg-1
ii python-gobject 3.2.2-1
ii python-gst0.10 0.10.22-3
ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-3
ii python-gudev 147.2-3
ii python-simplejson 2.6.1-1
ii python2.6 2.6.8-0.2
ii python2.7 2.7.3-5
Versions of packages arista recommends:
ii gnome-codec-install 0.4.7+nmu1
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.23-7
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.19-2+b2
Versions of packages arista suggests:
ii python-notify 0.1.1-3
ii python-webkit 1.1.8-2
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