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[Bug 1386789] [NEW] totem error "Could not determine type of stream" on quicktime .mov

 

Public bug reported:

On using totem or parole to view a quicktime .mov I get the error "An
error occurred. Could not determine type of stream" in a dialog box.
Which is a bit peculiar as both mplayer and vlc play the file just fine.
If one uses parole then we get roughly the same message except it is
titled "Gstreamer backend error".

Clearly I have some codecs that can manage to play these files, I also
have all the gstreamer plugins installed (good, bad and ugly) both for
0.10 and 1.

This is a pretty vanilla Trusty ia64 system.

totem - 3.10.1-1ubuntu4 0
parole-0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1 0
mplayer-2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3
vlc-2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1 0

Sample file: http://www.tobit.co.uk/bugs/TS_N0020.MOV

PS. Firefox happily plays this file.

** Affects: gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  totem error "Could not determine type of stream" on quicktime .mov

Status in “gstreamer0.10” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On using totem or parole to view a quicktime .mov I get the error "An
  error occurred. Could not determine type of stream" in a dialog box.
  Which is a bit peculiar as both mplayer and vlc play the file just
  fine. If one uses parole then we get roughly the same message except
  it is titled "Gstreamer backend error".

  Clearly I have some codecs that can manage to play these files, I also
  have all the gstreamer plugins installed (good, bad and ugly) both for
  0.10 and 1.

  This is a pretty vanilla Trusty ia64 system.

  totem - 3.10.1-1ubuntu4 0
  parole-0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1 0
  mplayer-2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3
  vlc-2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1 0

  Sample file: http://www.tobit.co.uk/bugs/TS_N0020.MOV

  PS. Firefox happily plays this file.

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