video URL extraction fails

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Thank you for your bug report.

I proposed a patch upstream[1], if it is accepted I will push for an update in Ubuntu.

[1] https://gitorious.org/totem-plugin-arte/mainline/merge_requests/19

Hi Nicolas, do you know if the package will be updated soon to 3.2.2 in this repo ?

Hi,

I advise you to use my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~malizor/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
It has the latest upstream version of totem-plugin-arte.

Getting a fixed version uploaded in official repo is time consuming and very frustrating.
For example I still did not managed to get a fixed totem-plugin-arte version uploaded into Debian stable. And the package there is broken since more than a year.
The plan was originally to update Debian then Ubuntu (as it seems natural). But as Debian people don't care at all (and the package was removed from testing), I will try to deal directly with Ubuntu devs to see if they are a bit more friendly.

Thank you for the reminder. In the mean time, please use the PPA. At least I can manage it myself.

Ok, so let's follow the rule and first try to fix the development version (Vivid).

Here is the updated packaging archive that works against the latest upstream release found here:
http://wenner.ch/files/public/mirror/totem-plugin-arte/totem-plugin-arte-3.2.2.tar.gz

Note to sponsors: the package can't be uploaded to Debian sid/testing because totem >= 3.12 dropped support for such a plugin.
No problem for Ubuntu as Vivid still has the good old Totem 3.10.

Here is a .dsc if you ever need it.

And here is a debdiff, just in case.

Just as a reminder, the current package in Vivid (but also Precise, Trusty and Utopic...) is broken.
Broken as in "not usable". So there is no regression potential that I could think of.

Nicolas, thanks a lot for the update in your ppa :) Nice to see arte videos back in totem !

This bug was fixed in the package totem-plugin-arte - 3.2.2-0ubuntu1

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totem-plugin-arte (3.2.2-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, closes: LP: #1368596
 -- Nicolas Delvaux <email address hidden> Sun, 09 Nov 2014 21:24:11 +0100

Could somebody figure out what part of the diff is needed? The commits pointed have some string changes that would be nice to avoid for the stable update

I submitted some more changes upstream, including a patch for the low quality playback.
https://gitorious.org/totem-plugin-arte/mainline/merge_requests/20

I'm waiting for a review.
As this particular patch is straight forward, I will go ahead and provide a debdiff with just the minimum backported commits for at least Utopic and Trusty (Precise will take more time as the current version is older).
I will do this before the end of the week.

Thanks, I'm going to keep an eye on that bug for sponsoring!

Here is a debdiff for Trusty.

The changelog is:
  * Add patches to restore video playback and harden the plugin
    - Fixes video URL extraction (LP: #1368596)
    - Uses http streams by default (they are seekable and more reliable)
    - Fix RTMP playback (needed for low quality and as fallback if something
      happens to http streams)
    - Repair and use the RSS parser as the main video-listing fallback in case
      the JSON parser break in the future

And here is one for Utopic.

This is the same as Trusty, except for a version bump (to ensure dist upgrades are fine).

Thnks a lot for the debdiffs! I've tested them locally and they seem to work as intended and look good otherwise too.

I've only changed the version numbers a bit, and I've uploaded both the utopic and trusty versions. They will now proceed as normal according to the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates - first they'll go to the unapproved queue (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+queue?queue_state=1&queue_text=) and after being accepted this bug will be updated with instructions on how to verify the fix to get it distributed to everyone.

Hello Zanza, or anyone else affected,

Accepted totem-plugin-arte into utopic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem-plugin-arte/3.2.1-2ubuntu0.14.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello Zanza, or anyone else affected,

Accepted totem-plugin-arte into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem-plugin-arte/3.2.1-2ubuntu0.14.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

The verification of the Stable Release Update for totem-plugin-arte has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package totem-plugin-arte - 3.2.1-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

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totem-plugin-arte (3.2.1-2ubuntu0.14.04.1) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Add patches to restore video playback and harden the plugin
    - Fixes video URL extraction (LP: #1368596)
    - Uses http streams by default (they are seekable and more reliable)
    - Fix RTMP playback (needed for low quality and as fallback if something
      happens to http streams)
    - Repair and use the RSS parser as the main video-listing fallback in case
      the JSON parser break in the future
 -- Nicolas Delvaux <email address hidden> Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:24:37 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package totem-plugin-arte - 3.2.1-2ubuntu0.14.10.1

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totem-plugin-arte (3.2.1-2ubuntu0.14.10.1) utopic-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Add patches to restore video playback and harden the plugin
    - Fixes video URL extraction (LP: #1368596)
    - Uses http streams by default (they are seekable and more reliable)
    - Fix RTMP playback (needed for low quality and as fallback if something
      happens to http streams)
    - Repair and use the RSS parser as the main video-listing fallback in case
      the JSON parser break in the future
 -- Nicolas Delvaux <email address hidden> Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:24:37 +0100

unsubscribing sponsors, the only serie left is precise and there is nothing to upload for that version

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release