GStreamer problem
 

I want to watch some live streaming TV channels on my laptop which has slackware installed.

For instance, I try this page: >click<

But I get this error:
The Totem Plugin could not be started.
Failed to create a GStreamer play object.
Please check your GStreamer installation.

Slackware is fully updated. Any help?

EDIT: I have also installed the latest version of GStreamer from source, and 3 plugins. (good bad and ugly)

Thanks in advance.

Really? Noone? :(

Try installing gecko-mplayer using sbopkg

Slackware does not ship with Totem. Ask whoever you got that package from.

Perhaps you attempted to install Gnome, or at least parts of Gnome?

Just did it. Didn't work...

Yes I did. I downloaded and installed Gnome from >here< like 3 months ago. Never used it though...I only work with KDE. (wanted to give gnome a try but never bothered)

Is this related to the problem?

Could be ;) At least the Totem error is. You would have to check their website and support avenues.

I attempted to access the exact stream you linked to, and it never loaded (did not even work in a Windows VM). Same with ~50% of the links on that website. The ones that actually did work, worked quite well, no matter if they were flash, real, or asf/wmv. Try going directly to the source - rather than a link farm website. Quite a few of these link farming websites tend to have a high overall failure rate because links change overtime, parent sites stop hot linking ....

vdemuth recommending gecko-media-player is spot on. This plugin plays most streaming media from working sites :)

Solved it :D. I installed both gecko-media player and gecko-mplayer from Slackbuilds and now I don't get any errors.

And it seems that the site I linked didn't have a good stream. I can see many other streams though.

Thanks guys.