[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 463318] Very few media types will play in Totem - plugins not launching correctly?

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  GStreamer | don't know | Ver: 0.10.12

Tim-Philipp Müller changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #1 from Tim-Philipp Müller  2007-08-04 10:03 UTC -------
> Is my installation broken, or are a lot of files indeed actually unplayable
> other than on proprietary players such as Windows Media Player, Quicktime,
> etc. etc.?

Not broken, just missing a lot of plugins.

In particular, you seem to be missing the plugins from:

  - gst-plugins-ugly (containing things like: mad mp3 decoder,
    mpegdemux, mpeg2 video decoder, AC3 decoder, asfdemux for
    windows media files,  rmdemux for real media files)

  - gst-plugins-bad (lots of things, but for example: qtdemux for
    quicktime files [moved to gst-plugins-good in the latest releases,
    but probably still in -bad for the versions in whatever distro
    you're using], faad AAC decoder, etc.]

  - gst-ffmpeg (decoders for about almost anything, e.g. windows media
    video and audio, mpeg video, H.264, H.263, flash, and hundreds of
    other formats).


In short, this is not a bug, but you're just missing plugins. Try your
distribution's support forums to find out what you need to install.


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