Public bug reported: Problem: totem is unable to play .avi and .mp4. works fine with .webm. Same videos are played successfully by VLC media player. totem does not crash, but just remains with a black screen. Another symptom (of same problem?) is avi and mp4 thumbnails are not resolved in images. I found the problem with an installation from daily 20170807 and have the same problem with daily 20170815. How to reproduce problem: try open a .avi or .mp4 (with videos/totem) results in a black screen. Here the output starting it from terminal:
corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:~$ cd /media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ ls cagax.avi prova vid.mp4 corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ totem cagax.avi ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder|decoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, mpegaudioversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3 (MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder) ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|MPEG-4 Video decoder|decoder-video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, systemstream=(boolean)false (MPEG-4 Video decoder) ** Message: Automatic missing codec installation not supported (helper script missing) (totem:8899): Totem-WARNING **: Failed to reset the playback rate to 1.0 corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ totem vid.mp4 ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|MPEG-4 AAC decoder|decoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, level=(string)1, base-profile=(string)lc, profile=(string)lc (MPEG-4 AAC decoder) ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|H.264 (Constrained Baseline Profile) decoder|decoder-video/x-h264, level=(string)3, profile=(string)constrained-baseline (H.264 (Constrained Baseline Profile) decoder) ** Message: Automatic missing codec installation not supported (helper script missing) (totem:8917): Totem-WARNING **: Failed to reset the playback rate to 1.0 corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ apt policy totem totem: Installed: 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ uname -a Linux corrado-HP-aa-0815 4.11.0-13-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 3 15:14:11 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: libgstreamer1.0-0 1.12.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-13.19-generic 4.11.12 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Aug 16 10:00:26 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170807) SourcePackage: gstreamer1.0 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XorgLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' ** Affects: gstreamer1.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gstreamer1.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711067 Title: totem is unable to play .avi and .mp4. works fine with .webm. Same videos are played successfully by VLC Status in gstreamer1.0 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Problem: totem is unable to play .avi and .mp4. works fine with .webm. Same videos are played successfully by VLC media player. totem does not crash, but just remains with a black screen. Another symptom (of same problem?) is avi and mp4 thumbnails are not resolved in images. I found the problem with an installation from daily 20170807 and have the same problem with daily 20170815. How to reproduce problem: try open a .avi or .mp4 (with videos/totem) results in a black screen. Here the output starting it from terminal: corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:~$ cd /media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ ls cagax.avi prova vid.mp4 corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ totem cagax.avi ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder|decoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, mpegaudioversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3 (MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder) ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|MPEG-4 Video decoder|decoder-video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, systemstream=(boolean)false (MPEG-4 Video decoder) ** Message: Automatic missing codec installation not supported (helper script missing) (totem:8899): Totem-WARNING **: Failed to reset the playback rate to 1.0 corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ totem vid.mp4 ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|MPEG-4 AAC decoder|decoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, level=(string)1, base-profile=(string)lc, profile=(string)lc (MPEG-4 AAC decoder) ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|H.264 (Constrained Baseline Profile) decoder|decoder-video/x-h264, level=(string)3, profile=(string)constrained-baseline (H.264 (Constrained Baseline Profile) decoder) ** Message: Automatic missing codec installation not supported (helper script missing) (totem:8917): Totem-WARNING **: Failed to reset the playback rate to 1.0 corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ apt policy totem totem: Installed: 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ uname -a Linux corrado-HP-aa-0815 4.11.0-13-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 3 15:14:11 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0815:/media/corrado/dati1/linux/ArtfulBugs/totem$ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: libgstreamer1.0-0 1.12.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-13.19-generic 4.11.12 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Aug 16 10:00:26 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-10 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170807) SourcePackage: gstreamer1.0 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XorgLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer1.0/+bug/1711067/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp