I had the same problem (and it affected Totem and all media players too). I want to also confirm that installing gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly solved my problem. For ubuntu/linux noobs that don't understand what that means, open up Terminal and type this:
================================================= sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly ================================================= -- Rhythmbox 0.12.0 time unknown, seekbar disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373534 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
