Thanks for responding. Every single one of those packages are already installed. If I drag a video into an empty Firefox tab, Firefox will play it. Same goes for Chromium. The files are definitely playable.
If I open the same file in Totem, it will not play. This is a new problem, before I installed a few other video players to test (mpv, mplayer, vlc) this wasn't happening. Totem played everything I opened before. I know this is probably user error after installing and removing the other video players, but I cannot get Totem restored to the functionality I had last week, even though the required plugins are definitely installed. Right now Totem displays the error message "Required plugin could not be found" and "Videos requires to install plugins to play media files of the following type: H.264 (High Profile) decoder". After I close the error message, Totem starts playing the the audio track only. Put differently, why does Totem not see that the required video plugins are already installed? How does it check for available plugins, and what instructions can I provide to help it locate or rediscover them? Does Totem rely on some underlying function or package in the OS that is responsible for this bug? Any troubleshooting advice would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751578 Title: Totem no longer plays MP4s, despite correct plugins installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/1751578/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
