Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
The following line will play the attached video gst-launch-0.10 filesrc location=latenight.flv ! ffdemux_flv name=demuxer demuxer. ! queue ! ffdec_flv ! xvimagesink demuxer. ! queue ! mad ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! alsasink but gst-launch-0.10 playbin uri=file:///home/jim/Desktop/latenight.flv prints out Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... ** Message: don't know how to handle video/x-flv Pipeline is PREROLLING ... ERROR: from element /playbin0: You do not have a decoder installed to handle this file. You might need to install the necessary plugins. Additional debug info: gstplaybasebin.c(1663): prepare_output (): /playbin0 ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll. Setting pipeline to NULL ... FREEING pipeline ... ** Affects: gst-plugins-base0.10 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- playbin can't create pipelines for flash videos https://launchpad.net/bugs/62719 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs