[Bug 891297] [NEW] Remove Totem Movie Player from defaults

[Bhaavan Merchant]

Public bug reported:

Totem Movie Player which ships by default with Ubuntu, in my opinion, is
hardly the preferred media app in the community. I would request this be
removed and replaced by VLC if possible. However, I am unsure about the
codec licensing intricacies of this. I would suggest that if there are
issues, VLC with restricted codec be shipped, and there is an easy-
install for the codecs once the user installs, and agrees to the Codecs
Terms and Conditions. Even if this is not possible, the perhaps an easy
install of VLC through software centre be made, because VLC is much more
preferred Movie App than Totem Movie Player.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.245
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 17 00:29:46 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  Remove Totem Movie Player from defaults

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Totem Movie Player which ships by default with Ubuntu, in my opinion,
  is hardly the preferred media app in the community. I would request
  this be removed and replaced by VLC if possible. However, I am unsure
  about the codec licensing intricacies of this. I would suggest that if
  there are issues, VLC with restricted codec be shipped, and there is
  an easy-install for the codecs once the user installs, and agrees to
  the Codecs Terms and Conditions. Even if this is not possible, the
  perhaps an easy install of VLC through software centre be made,
  because VLC is much more preferred Movie App than Totem Movie Player.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.245
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Nov 17 00:29:46 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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