Totem won't play common video formats

the trooper · 12-15-2009, 10:43 AM

And no errors?.
Can you play any type of video file,or is it just this specific file or type(mp4).

Lorax · 12-15-2009, 10:50 AM

Correct. VLC will not show errors, and continue to play the audio.
Totem WILL show errors, and continue to play the audio.
Again, the error is:

Quote:

The playback of this movie requires a H.264 decoder plugin which is not installed.

the trooper · 12-15-2009, 11:02 AM

The only other thing i can think of is,do you have w32codecs installed?.
If not,install them and try with Totem again.

brianL · 12-15-2009, 11:12 AM

Just been googling H.264 codec, and the open source equivalent is the x264 codec. According to this, it's available:
http://debian-multimedia.org/dists/t...n/binary-i386/

Lorax · 12-15-2009, 11:16 AM

VLC:
FLASH: wont give flash a chance. no error notice.
AVI: wont give avi a chance. no error notice.
MPG: Played an mpg of Ozzy Osbourne video just fine.

Totem:
FLASH: Won't play flash, only audio. Error notice: "The playback of this movie requires a flash video decoder plugin which is not installed."
AVI: Won't play avi, only the audio. Error notice: "The playback of this movie requires a Microsoft MPEG-4 4.2 decoder plugin which is not installed."
MPG: Played an mpg of Ozzy Osbourne video just fine.

brianL · 12-15-2009, 11:22 AM

Ah, no flash plugin? Have you put contrib and non-free entries in your /etc/apt/sources.list (at the end of the URLs, after main (main contrib non-free))?

Lorax · 12-15-2009, 11:38 AM

Dude I don't know anymore.
I have blindly followed EVERYONES advice, add this, add that, who knows the condition of my box anymore...
Why can't a goddamn OS simply operate out-of-the-box?
I just want that Kubuntu back.
Man how I miss my k-lite mega codecs.

Lorax · 12-15-2009, 11:45 AM

Brian i am afraid to add even one more thing. am i wrong to think that there might be a heap of garbage code in my sys now? I have followed the link, and have been clicking for 20 min trying to find the file that i need... i think im 6 websites deep from that link

brianL · 12-15-2009, 11:55 AM

You might be better with a fresh start. Put Kubuntu back on if you got everything working OK with that, it would be better than driving yourself to a nervous breakdown.

Lorax · 12-15-2009, 12:03 PM

Yea man.
Just waiting for the disc to arrive

EricTRA · 12-15-2009, 12:14 PM

Hi Lorax,

Dude, you definitely have to get rid of the witches broomstick you have next to your She-Beast!!!!!

Really, I have never, ever in my 18 years in IT encountered a computer that has its own mind and will.

I'm praying for you brother, talk to you in a couple of hours on messenger.

DON'T GIVE UP. Hang in there, you're learning things that other users don't learn for years when starting with Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric

Lorax · 12-15-2009, 01:30 PM

Thanks Eric. Ttyl