Did some digging and the plugin is only active when installing the w32codecs package from medibuntu. So The description is correct, having ubuntu-restricted-extras installed does not allows you to use the plugin.
amrl...@quolet:/usr/lib$ gst-inspect-0.10 pitfdll Plugin Details: Name: pitfdll Description: DLL-loader elements Filename: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libpitfdll.so Version: 0.9.1.1 License: GPL Source module: pitfdll Binary package: PitfDLL Origin URL: http://ronald.bitfreak.net/pitfdll/ qtadec_bin: quicktime binary audio decoder dmodec_wmspdmodv1: DMO wmspdmod decoder version 1 dmodec_wmadmodv3: DMO wmadmod decoder version 3 dmodec_wmadmodv2: DMO wmadmod decoder version 2 dmodec_wmadmodv1: DMO wmadmod decoder version 1 dmodec_wmvdmodv3: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 3 dmodec_wmvdmodv2: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 2 dmodec_wmvdmodv1: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 1 dmodec_wmv9dmodv3: DMO wmv9dmod decoder version 3 dshowdec_ir41_32v4: DS ir41_32 decoder version 4 dshowdec_ir50_32v5: DS ir50_32 decoder version 5 11 features: +-- 11 elements -- Improve package description https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219405 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs