Bug#290596: fails to play QuickTime video
Matt Kraai
Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>, 290596@bugs.debian.org
Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:00:01 -0800
On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 06:22:46PM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 14:45 -0800, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > Package: totem-gstreamer
> > Version: 0.99.22-1
> >
> > When I attempt to play a QuickTime video, Totem displays the following
> > dialog box:
> >
> > Totem could not play
> > 'file:///home/kraai/Desktop/Downloads/Biddies_EPK.mov'.
> > There were no decoders found to handle the stream in file
> > "file:///home/kraai/Desktop/Downloads/Biddies_EPK.mov", you might
> > need to install the corresponding plugins
> >
> > file says that it is a QuickTime video:
> >
> > Biddies_EPK.mov: Apple QuickTime movie (fast start)
> >
> > gstreamer0.8-misc, which includes the libgstqtdemux.so, is installed.
> >
> > You can find the video online at
> >
> > http://biddies4ever.com/video/Biddies_EPK.mov
>
> Video is H.263 for which the ffmpeg plugin is necessary. GStreamer won't
> be able to play the sound (QDesign Music Codec v2) for which xine-lib
> will use the Quicktime DLLs.
>
> So the "won't play" is correct, unless you have gst-ffmpeg installed.
Thank you for the explanation. Is anyone working on free software for
sound support?
--
Matt