[27583] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena: Banshee Media Player
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Mon Mar 19 23:27:42 2012
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:27:38 -0400
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To: Alfred Steven Powell <palfrs36@mit.edu>
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Hi Alfred,
We'll look into this. The gstreamer platform (used by Banshee and other players) certainly used to have the ability to play MP3s in the default cluster configuration, so it's possible some packages got renamed.
Thanks for reporting it.
-Jon
On Feb 25, 2012, at 1:29 PM, palfrs36@MIT.EDU wrote:
> System name: dew-ref-1
> Type: x86_64
> Display type: ATI Technologies Inc RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450]
>
> Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh (?)
> Window manager: unknown
>
> What were you trying to do?
> Play a podcast.
>
> What's wrong:
> Banshee lacks an MPEG-1 codec to play podcasts and other MP3s, and when I install it it's reverted on logout.
>
> What should have happened:
> I should be able to play the podcast!
>
> Please describe any relevant documentation references:
> [Please replace this line with your information.]
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Jonathan Reed
Athena Release Team
Information Services & Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
jdreed@mit.edu
