for me mediascanner also falls over on krillin r199; it works for same video on N4.
./.cache/upstart/mediascanner-2.0.log shows: Extracting metadata from /home/phablet/Videos/big_buck_bunny_480p_H264_AAC_25fps_1800K.MP4. Error when indexing: Unable to discover file /home/phablet/Videos/big_buck_bunny_480p_H264_AAC_25fps_1800K.MP4 Videos i tried: + http://samplemedia.linaro.org/H264/big_buck_bunny_480p_H264_AAC_25fps_1800K_short.MP4 + http://samplemedia.linaro.org/H264/big_buck_bunny_720p_H264_AAC_25fps_3400K_short.MP4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1358384 Title: MP4s won't play without a reboot of the phone To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediascanner/+bug/1358384/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs