I have a similar problem in Ubuntu 17.10 with last totem release and also with
the preceding one (Installed: 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1)
corrado@corrado-HP-aa-p5:~$ apt policy totem
totem:
Installed: 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu2 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
corrado@corrado-HP-aa-p5:~$
see my bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer1.0/+bug/1711067
removing the cash folder had no effect.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1562875
Title:
Totem can't play H264 on fresh 16.04 beta install
Status in gstreamer1.0 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Totem can't play neither find the correct codec to play H264 *.mp4
video in last 16.04 beta.
Terminal says :
** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|H.264 (Main Profile)
decoder|decoder-video/x-h264, stream-format=(string)avc,
alignment=(string)au, level=(string)4, profile=(string)main, max-
input-size=(int)51696, parsed=(boolean)true (H.264 (Main Profile)
decoder)
Totem tries to find the correct codec but fails, see attachment
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libgstreamer1.0-0 1.8.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Mar 28 15:51:47 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-26 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323)
LogAlsaMixer: Error: command ['/usr/bin/amixer'] failed with exit code 1:
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=fr_FR
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gstreamer1.0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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