when I start totem to read a MP4 file, look at this message:
$ totem
** Message: Error: Il manque un greffon dans votre installation de GStreamer.
gstdecodebin2.c(3576): gst_decode_bin_expose (): /GstPlayBin2
lay/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin0/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin20:
no suitable plugins found
** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|Décodeur H.264|decoder-video/x-h264, stream-format=(string)avc, parsed=(boolean)true, alignment=(string)au (Décodeur H.264)
** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|Décodeur MPEG-4 AAC|decoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, framed=(boolean)true, stream-format=(string)raw (Décodeur MPEG-4 AAC)
** Message: PackageKit: xid = 35651595
** Message: PackageKit: Codec nice name: Décodeur H.264
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named stream-format
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named parsed
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named alignment
** Message: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer0.10(decoder-video/x-h264)()(64bit)
** Message: PackageKit: Codec nice name: Décodeur MPEG-4 AAC
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named framed
** Message: PackageKit: ignoring field named stream-format
** Message: PackageKit: field is: mpegversion, type: gint
** Message: PackageKit: structure: gstreamer0.10(decoder-audio/mpeg)(mpegversion=4)()(64bit)