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Play Video embedded in PDF

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FEATURE REQUEST
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Description

 * Xreader version (xreader --version)
 * Distribution - (Mint 17.2, Arch, Fedora 25, etc...)

Issue
When opening a PDF with emedded Video the following error occurs and
the video does not play.

(evince:31856): dbind-WARNING **: 19:34:11.965: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

(WebKitWebProcess:31866): dbind-WARNING **: 19:34:12.111: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

** (evince:31856): WARNING **: 19:34:12.183: Unimplemented annotation: POPPLER_ANNOT_SCREEN, please post a bug report on Xreader bug tracker (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues) with a testcase.

** (evince:31856): WARNING **: 19:34:12.194: Unimplemented action: POPPLER_ACTION_RENDITION, please post a bug report on Xreader bug tracker (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues) with a testcase.

(evince:31856): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:34:12.194: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

** (evince:31856): WARNING **: 19:34:12.194: Unimplemented action: POPPLER_ACTION_RENDITION, please post a bug report on Xreader bug tracker (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues) with a testcase.

(evince:31856): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:34:12.194: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

** (evince:31856): WARNING **: 19:34:12.194: Unimplemented action: POPPLER_ACTION_RENDITION, please post a bug report on Xreader bug tracker (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues) with a testcase.

(evince:31856): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:34:12.194: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

** (evince:31856): WARNING **: 19:34:12.194: Unimplemented action: POPPLER_ACTION_RENDITION, please post a bug report on Xreader bug tracker (https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues) with a testcase.

(evince:31856): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:34:12.194: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Steps to reproduce

Expected behaviour
Video should play, no error should occur on STDERR

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Research direction

Reproduce the problem by opening the linked movie.pdf with evince as described, then trace handling of POPPLER_ANNOT_SCREEN and POPPLER_ACTION_RENDITION in Xreader. Done means embedded video plays from the PDF without the reported warnings or GLib critical errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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