Comment 36 for bug 210303

I get this codec installer never ending loop problem like whenever I try to play some asx files too. I know I also get the problem with other file types, but I am 100% certain I get it with asx files that contain mms protocol references to wmw files. This is a fairly common way for wrapping media streams I think.
Trying to look into possible causes I have noticed that if I do a
apt-cache search xine aa few packages which are listed include libxine-ffmpeg. However when trying to do
apt-get install libxine-ffmpeg it is not there....
(yes I had the medibuntu repository enabled)
Is it possible that this has created some unreported problems during an upgrade which later leads to all the codec installation neverendings?