Re: Totem won't play video because of codec error Quick fix solution: I was having a similar problem with intrepid. Totem, and vlc both refused to play xvid and flv files, despite having gstreamer-ffmpeg installed.
Reason: gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg kept looking for libx264-57 (hardy version) instead of libx264-59 (the installed intrepid) Running totem from the command line gave: Code: (totem:17363): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpeg.so': libx264.so.57: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Despite completely uninstalling gstreamer and all unstripped libs, then reinstalling this error remained. This command showed what was happening: Code: ldd /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpeg.so ... libvorbis.so.0 => /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0 (0x00007fc959fad000) libx264.so.57 => not found As work around it made a symlink to the installed file and everything started working. sudo ln -s libx264.so.59 libx264.so.57 This is not a proper solution, but it might help someone in a similar situation to myself. -- totem won't recognize gstreamer codecs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
