[k3b] [Bug 381131] Ripping Video DVDs is not possible, k3b tells you to install transcode although it is installed

[Leslie Zhai]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381131

--- Comment #8 from Leslie Zhai <lesliezhai at llvm.org.cn> ---
Hi Jim,

Thanks for your patch!

> Actually, transcode worked fine for me after I patched it as per this:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transcode/+bug/1099201

I will test it in my Fedora 24, I am using my phone to reply...

> 
> Doing so allowed me to successfully rip my Firefly and Serenity DVDs.

Cool! then we can introduce the patch to other Linux distributions :)

> 
> Because of this, I think it would better serve the users to keep transcode
> until a replacement is implemented.  If you wish, you could emit a warning
> that the external tool may crash, but to disable it because it's buggy
> without guiding the user to a suitable replacement is more a reduction in
> functionality... especially when the message pops up to ensure that it is
> installed.
> 
> You could adjust that message to say "DVD ripping is temporarily disabled...
> use XYZ, instead".

Doesn't need the warning any more, my sincere thank goes to you.

Regards,
Leslie Zhai

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