At said in <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677199#c0>, the root cause of the bug is the GNOME Sound Recorder being unable to set up its choices of codecs with the used gstreamer version.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #677199 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677199 ** Also affects: gnome-media via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677199 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** No longer affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1157654 Title: Sound recorder does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-media/+bug/1157654/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs