From 0e0718e45d928f6a5596705b67dbb36223e26451 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Soller <jackpot51@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:31:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Handle codec install during file open, fixes #23

---
 src/main.rs | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 76feab8..0bdaa63 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -374,8 +374,29 @@ impl App {
                 Ok(ok) => ok,
                 Err(err) => {
                     log::warn!("failed to open {}: {err}", url);
+                    // Handle codecs required before the file can play
+                    let mut commands = Vec::new();
+                    while let Some(msg) = pipeline
+                        .bus()
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .pop_filtered(&[gst::MessageType::Element])
+                    {
+                        match msg.view() {
+                            gst::MessageView::Element(element) => {
+                                if gst_pbutils::MissingPluginMessage::is(&element) {
+                                    commands.push(Command::perform(
+                                        async { message::app(Message::MissingPlugin(msg)) },
+                                        |x| x,
+                                    ));
+                                    // Do one codec install at a time
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            _ => {}
+                        }
+                    }
                     pipeline.set_state(gst::State::Null).unwrap();
-                    return Command::none();
+                    return Command::batch(commands);
                 }
             }
         };