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FS#19600 - [totem] silently refuses to play a video

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Rubén Gómez (RkG) - Thursday, 27 May 2010, 05:55 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Monday, 06 December 2010, 10:14 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Totem silently refuses to play a video, it worked perfectly some days ago. (Something breaked updating?) Mplayer handles it perfectly. I've tried also with totem --gst-debug-level=5 but not I'm getting any error info

Additional info:
* package version(s)
local/totem 2.30.2-1 (gnome-extra)
local/gstreamer0.10 0.10.29-1
local/gstreamer0.10-bad 0.10.18-5 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
local/gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins 0.10.18-5 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
local/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.29-1
local/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.29-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
local/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.10-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
local/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.22-1
local/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins 0.10.22-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
local/gstreamer0.10-python 0.10.18-1
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.14-4
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins 0.10.14-4 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)

* config and/or log files etc.
Mediainfo data of the file:
General
Complete name : pp.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : 3GPP Media Release 4
Codec ID : 3gp4
File size : 9.72 MiB
Duration : 26s 794ms
Overall bit rate : 3 042 Kbps
Law rating : (empty)
Released date : 0
Encoded date : UTC 2010-05-14 15:17:44
Tagged date : UTC 2010-05-14 15:17:44
Classification : (empty)

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=30
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 26s 794ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 000 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 3 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 24.446 fps
Minimum frame rate : 5.882 fps
Maximum frame rate : 111.111 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.355
Stream size : 9.40 MiB (97%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-05-14 15:17:44
Tagged date : UTC 2010-05-14 15:17:44

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 26s 752ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Channel positions : Front: C
Sampling rate : 16.0 KHz
Stream size : 313 KiB (3%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-05-14 15:17:44
Tagged date : UTC 2010-05-14 15:17:44


Steps to reproduce:
I'm not sure, the video is recorded from a Motorola Milestone device...
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Monday, 06 December 2010, 10:14 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  2.32
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 27 May 2010, 11:16 GMT
can you upload a sample? i have a hard time finding a video that matches yours on mplayer samples website.

the only package changed in your setup is -ugly which was rebuilt against new x264
Comment by Rubén Gómez (RkG) - Friday, 28 May 2010, 05:56 GMT
here goes a sample...
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Friday, 03 December 2010, 14:11 GMT
status using 2.32
Comment by Rubén Gómez (RkG) - Monday, 06 December 2010, 10:12 GMT
Now it's working ok, I'm using 2.32

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