Public bug reported: I am opening a fresh bug report although I am aware that similar bugs have been reported in the past. This bug is on Ubuntu 21.04 and the other bug reports relate to much older versions of Ubuntu.
I have done a clean install of 21.04 and am unable to play H264 videos. Starting totem from a terminal gives the following messages: ** Message: 11:45:32.305: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|H.264 (High Profile) decoder|decoder-video/x-h264, level=(string)3.1, profile=(string)high, chroma-format=(string)4:2:0, bit-depth-luma=(uint)8, bit-depth-chroma=(uint)8 (H.264 (High Profile) decoder) ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: xid = 0 ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: desktop_id = org.gnome.Totem.desktop ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: Codec nice name: H.264 (High Profile) decoder ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: ignoring field named level ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named profile ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named chroma-format ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-luma ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-chroma ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer1(decoder-video/x-h264)()(64bit) ** Message: 11:45:35.553: Missing plugins installed. Updating plugin registry ... ** Message: 11:45:35.593: Plugin registry updated, trying again. Segmentation fault (core dumped) I have installed all gstreamer plugins and ubuntu-restricted-extras. VLC is able to play the same file. But totem crashes Output of lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 21.04 Release: 21.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: libgstreamer1.0-0 1.18.4-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-22.23-generic 5.11.21 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Jun 30 11:41:14 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-06-22 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420) 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 hirsute -- 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/1934049 Title: Totem cannot play H264 videos Status in gstreamer1.0 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am opening a fresh bug report although I am aware that similar bugs have been reported in the past. This bug is on Ubuntu 21.04 and the other bug reports relate to much older versions of Ubuntu. I have done a clean install of 21.04 and am unable to play H264 videos. Starting totem from a terminal gives the following messages: ** Message: 11:45:32.305: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|H.264 (High Profile) decoder|decoder-video/x-h264, level=(string)3.1, profile=(string)high, chroma-format=(string)4:2:0, bit-depth-luma=(uint)8, bit-depth-chroma=(uint)8 (H.264 (High Profile) decoder) ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: xid = 0 ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: desktop_id = org.gnome.Totem.desktop ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: Codec nice name: H.264 (High Profile) decoder ** Message: 11:45:35.429: PackageKit: ignoring field named level ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named profile ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named chroma-format ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-luma ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: ignoring field named bit-depth-chroma ** Message: 11:45:35.430: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer1(decoder-video/x-h264)()(64bit) ** Message: 11:45:35.553: Missing plugins installed. Updating plugin registry ... ** Message: 11:45:35.593: Plugin registry updated, trying again. Segmentation fault (core dumped) I have installed all gstreamer plugins and ubuntu-restricted-extras. VLC is able to play the same file. But totem crashes Output of lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 21.04 Release: 21.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: libgstreamer1.0-0 1.18.4-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-22.23-generic 5.11.21 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Jun 30 11:41:14 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-06-22 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420) 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/1934049/+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