Bug#866571: totem is unable to read mp4 h264 videos

[Michael Biebl]

Am 30.06.2017 um 07:51 schrieb GT:
> Package: totem
> Version: 3.22.1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> try to use totem to read a mp4 h264 video:
> 
> 
> (totem:15601): Totem-WARNING **: Failed to reset the playback rate to 1.0
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> in graphical mode totem switch to the screen for searching a codec, in command
> mode, see the error below
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> :~/Vidéos$ totem balcon.mp4
> ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|Décodeur H.264 (Main

We just had a similar situation discussed on IRC the other day.
There it helped to remove the cache file from the directory
~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/


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