Bug 25323

Originally Reported:
WVP2: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488948

More information:
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=WVP2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Video

WVP2 Video/Image Codec not supported by gstreamer plugins or ffmpeg. Windows Media Video 9.1 Image V2 is a DMO-based codec. Optimized for encoding video from sequential bitmap images.

There is no codec pack or application that is able to view this type of file.

Example Media: http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/15523565/1322781786/name/TeaPartyCommercial.wmv

Current result: 
Only audio plays. Visual content is not displayed.

Expected result: 
Plays both audio and visual content in sync, with no delay.

This bug was create to request WVP2 to be supported by gstreamer. If this is not possible due to legal issues or other roadblocks, please define what the issue is with supporting this codec.

Tested on:
i386, Ubuntu Desktop 9.10, Linux 2.6.31-15

Installed gstreamer packages:
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa                   0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1                         GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg                 0.10.9-1                                   FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-nice                   0.0.9-2                                    ICE library (GStreamer plugin)
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad            0.10.14-4ubuntu1                           GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base           0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1                         GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps      0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1                         GStreamer helper programs from the "base" se
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good           0.10.16-1ubuntu3                           GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly           0.10.12-1                                  GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio             0.10.16-1ubuntu3                           GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii  gstreamer0.10-tools                  0.10.25-2                                  Tools for use with GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-x                      0.10.25-2ubuntu1.1                         GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango