RHBA-2008:0015 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated shared-mime-info package that corrects the default file
associations for certain video formats is now available.

Description

This is the freedesktop.org shared MIME info database.

Many programs and desktops use the MIME system to represent the types of
files. Frequently, it is necessary to work out the correct MIME type for a
file. This is generally done by examining the file's name or contents, and
looking up the correct MIME type in a database.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

• The Totem media player was registered as the default handler for MIME

types which it was not able to play in its default configuration. The GConf
configuration system is now aware of which MIME types Totem is able to
handle, and which ones are better handled by, for example, RealPlayer.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 250980 - Totem is in defaults.list as the default player for realvideo even though it cannot play rtsp streams

CVEs

(none)

References

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