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FS#32401 - [totem] Video won't play, no thumbnail

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by GutsBlack (GutsBlack) - Friday, 02 November 2012, 17:47 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 09 April 2013, 09:46 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
This error started with recent update (gnome 3.6)
Totem won't play video, no thumbnail in nautilus

** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|Décodeur MPEG-4 DivX version 4|decoder-video/x-divx, divxversion=(int)4 (Décodeur MPEG-4 DivX version 4)
** Message: Automatic missing codec installation not supported (helper script missing)

Additional info:
* package version(s)
extra/totem 3.6.2-1 (gnome-extra)
extra/clutter-gst 1.9.92-1
extra/gnome-video-effects 0.4.0-2
extra/gst-plugins-bad 1.0.2-1
extra/gst-plugins-base 1.0.2-1
extra/gst-plugins-base-libs 1.0.2-1
extra/gst-plugins-good 1.0.2-1
extra/gst-plugins-ugly 1.0.2-1
extra/gstreamer 1.0.2-1
extra/gstreamer0.10 0.10.36-1
extra/gstreamer0.10-bad 0.10.23-3
extra/gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins 0.10.23-3
extra/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.36-1
extra/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.36-1
extra/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.13-1
extra/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.31-1
extra/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins 0.10.31-1
extra/gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.19-2
extra/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins 0.10.19-2

Steps to reproduce:
Play video.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Tuesday, 09 April 2013, 09:46 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  gst-libav is optional dependency in totem 3.8
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Friday, 02 November 2012, 21:48 GMT
Thanks for reporting.

What happens if you install this optional dependency:
gst-ffmpeg (gst-libav) (optional) - Extra media codecs

Does it work after that?
Comment by Vlad (S7EWIE) - Saturday, 03 November 2012, 09:44 GMT
Hey all!
I experienced the exact same issue and Alexander's hint worked!

Thanks Alex!
Comment by GutsBlack (GutsBlack) - Saturday, 03 November 2012, 11:45 GMT
With extra/gst-libav 1.0.2-1 totem works but no thumbnail in nautilus (i have deleted ~/.thumbnails/fail directory)

Thanks :)
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Sunday, 04 November 2012, 15:12 GMT
Glad it worked out.

@Jan de Groot, could that optional dependency be a regular dependency instead, or is it better to keep it as an optional dependency?
Comment by GutsBlack (GutsBlack) - Friday, 23 November 2012, 22:15 GMT
totem-video-thumbnailer doesn't create cover for flac, mp3 and mkv file. Ogg is ok.
Comment by Luis Henrique Mello (lmello) - Thursday, 13 December 2012, 01:52 GMT
I think gst-libav ought to be a regular dependency.
Comment by Roman Beslik (beroal) - Tuesday, 08 January 2013, 17:15 GMT
Shouldn't "gst-libav" be in optional dependencies of some package?
Comment by GutsBlack (GutsBlack) - Saturday, 16 February 2013, 00:35 GMT
With Totem 3.6, I have no thumb for flac audio files but it works with totem 3.4 (totem-gst in AUR).
Comment by solsTiCe (zebul666) - Tuesday, 09 April 2013, 09:32 GMT
why gst-libav is still not a proper dependancy of totem.
Why this bug is still not fixed ?
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 09 April 2013, 09:45 GMT
it is an optional dependency in gnome 3.8. I found this being the right fix.

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