Bug 468716 - Dragonplayer will not play any video files on Fedora 38.
Summary: Dragonplayer will not play any video files on Fedora 38.
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: dragonplayer
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 22.12.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR grave
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2023-04-20 13:18 UTC by Ben Haube
Modified: 2023-05-20 03:46 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Ben Haube 2023-04-20 13:18:45 UTC
SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open dragonplayer 
2. Click "Play File"

OBSERVED RESULT

The video file does not open or play. It doesn't make any difference what the file format of the video file is.

EXPECTED RESULT

The video file should open and start playing. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0
Qt Version: 5.15.9

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I am using the Fedora 38 KDE spin upgraded from Fedora 37 KDE spin. The version of Dragonplayer I have installed is from the Fedora RPM repository.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-04-20 16:26:34 UTC
Does it work better if you install the `phonon-qt5-backend-vlc` package from the rpmfusion repo, and then uninstall the `phonon-qt5-backend-gstreamer` package from the main repo?
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2023-05-05 03:46:09 UTC
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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2023-05-20 03:46:01 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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