#298672 gramofile: Undiscriminating "6. Play a sound file" is blind to file formats

Package:
gramofile
Source:
gramofile
Description:
transfer sound from gramophone records to CD
Submitter:
A Costa
Date:
2011-08-14 13:24:13 UTC
Severity:
normal
#298672#5
Date:
2005-03-09 07:45:34 UTC
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Main menu says:

       6. Play a sound file
	 Play a sound file
	  (Parts of) sound files can be played with this option.

...which leads to a submenu which lets the user pick a sound file.  However
this feature will "play" ANYTHING -- .jpg files, .html files, .gif files,
it presumes some default sound format and plays it; so a .jpg results
in a static sound.  Genuine sound formats like .mp3 produce
static too.

It'd be better if either the feature description was more accurate, ("play
any file as though it were a .WAV"), or if the program refused to play any file
it didn't know how to play, or didn't select or list any such file.


Hope this helps...
#298672#10
Date:
2011-08-14 13:18:51 UTC
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tags 298672 + patch
thanks

Attached is a patch that updates the help text under the "Play a sound
file" menu. It should be applied after the patch I sent to #117436.