[desktop-discuss] codeina on Solaris

[Brian Cameron]

Shawn:

>>  So I am wondering if we're talking about different things when we refer
>>  to "ssl support".  At any rate, to get codeina working, do you have any
>>  idea what is needed to make 'import OpenSSL' work on Solaris?  I am
>>  wondering if this requires configuring SUNWPython in a different way,
>>  or if we need an additional module on Solaris.
> 
> I'm betting it actually wants pyOpenSSL from pyopenssl.sf.net.
> 
> CherryPy does the same thing and it needs pyOpenSSL.

Ah, thanks.  That was the pointer I needed.  I just added a spec-file to
SFE for SFEpyopenssl.  If you also need it in other things (like
CherryPy), feel free to add SFEpyopenssl as a dependency to its
spec-file.

Now that I am building codeina with OpenSSL support, it seems to work
better.  Now when I launch it, it pops up a dialog asking me if I want
to buy codecs from Fluendo.  However, it seems to show me the plugins
available for Linux, not the subset available for Solaris.

Also, when I set GST_INSTALL_PLUGINS_HELPER to "/usr/bin/codeina"
and run totem, and try to play a format like WMA or WMV that has an
available Solaris codecs at the Fluendo webstore, it also does not work.
It complains "No productions found to install".  Again, I suspect that
codeina needs a bit more work to recognize which codecs are, in fact,
available for Solaris.  I will dig into this and see if I can get it
working.

I know many people have suggested it would be good to get a program
like codeina available on Solaris, to make it easier for people to get
access to media codecs.  So, I will continue to try and get this
working.

It is a little annoying that it has so many new dependencies (pyyaml,
notify-python, and pyopenssl), but if it adds enough value, I imagine
we can integrate these as well.

Brian