[SOLVED] Video not displaying in Media Player

Ian D · 11-28-2017, 05:06 AM

I am running Fedora 26. I have a MP4 video file created on another machine. When I copy it to my machine, Media Player loads up, but does not play anything.

I can open the same file in kdenlive and see and hear everything. In kdenlive, I can create a new MP4 file, but again, Media Player will not show it.

I suspect that I may be missing something - but I don't know what.

Suggestions please.

Keruskerfuerst · 11-28-2017, 09:02 AM

What error is displayed, when starting in console?

Ian D · 11-28-2017, 10:16 AM

When I run from a Terminal window, I get this

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[ian@localhost DedicationNov26-2017]$ xplayer dedication.mp4

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkButton does not have a child property called expand

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkButton does not have a child property called fill

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkButton does not have a child property called position

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkToggleButton does not have a child property called expand

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkToggleButton does not have a child property called fill

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkToggleButton does not have a child property called position

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'continue_button_clicked_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'load_button_clicked_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'save_button_clicked_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'goto_button_clicked_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'remove_button_clicked_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'add_button_clicked_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'tree_view_button_press_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'tree_view_key_press_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'tree_view_row_activated_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'tree_view_popup_menu_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'popup_goto_action_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find signal handler 'popup_remove_action_cb'. Did you compile with -rdynamic?

(xplayer:11261): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_tag_list_get_string_index: assertion 'GST_IS_TAG_LIST (list)' failed
** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|xplayer|MPEG-4 AAC decoder|decoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, level=(string)2, base-profile=(string)lc, profile=(string)lc (MPEG-4 AAC decoder)
** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|xplayer|H.264 (High Profile) decoder|decoder-video/x-h264, level=(string)3, profile=(string)high, interlace-mode=(string)mixed (H.264 (High Profile) decoder)
** Message: PackageKit: xid = 96469013
** Message: PackageKit: desktop_id = (null)
** Message: PackageKit: Codec nice name: MPEG-4 AAC decoder
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named level
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named base-profile
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named profile
** Message: PackageKit: field is: mpegversion, type: gint
** Message: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer1(decoder-audio/mpeg)(mpegversion=4)()(64bit)
** Message: PackageKit: Codec nice name: H.264 (High Profile) decoder
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named level
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named profile
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named interlace-mode
** Message: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer1(decoder-video/x-h264)()(64bit)
** Message: PackageKit: Did not install codec: GDBus.Error

rg.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.PackageKit was not provided by any .service files
** Message: No installation candidate for missing plugins found.

I have checked what I have installed of gstreamer (by way of dnf list installed) and I find this

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gstreamer1.i686 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates
gstreamer1.x86_64 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free.x86_64 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk.x86_64 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates
gstreamer1-plugins-base.i686 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates
gstreamer1-plugins-base.x86_64 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates
gstreamer1-plugins-good.x86_64 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates
gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free.x86_64 1.12.3-1.fc26 @updates

ondoho · 11-28-2017, 01:18 PM

clearly gstreamer balks because it cannot decode h264.

looks like all the gstreamer plugins are there,but have you checked $PACKAGE_MANAGER search function?

could you simply try a different media player, preferably mpv?

Ian D · 11-29-2017, 07:40 AM

Thanks ondoho, mpv worked for me.

I don't know what was wrong with the other one - but now I don't care!

ondoho · 11-30-2017, 12:25 AM

i tried xplayer for a short while and got the vague impression that the project is not mature.
also it couldn't offer me anything that i would need in a media player; i question the point of having yet another one.

if you want a nice gooey frontend for mpv, try smplayer.