According to here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=282344 I deleted my ~/.gstreamer-0.10 directory and now the output of gstramer-inspect-0.10 pitfdll is
Plugin Details: Name: pitfdll Description: DLL-loader elements Filename: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libpitfdll.so Version: 0.9.1.1 License: GPL Source module: pitfdll Binary package: PitfDLL Origin URL: http://ronald.bitfreak.net/pitfdll/ qtadec_bin: quicktime binary audio decoder dmodec_wmspdmodv1: DMO wmspdmod decoder version 1 dmodec_wmadmodv3: DMO wmadmod decoder version 3 dmodec_wmadmodv2: DMO wmadmod decoder version 2 dmodec_wmadmodv1: DMO wmadmod decoder version 1 dmodec_wmvdmodv3: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 3 dmodec_wmvdmodv2: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 2 dmodec_wmvdmodv1: DMO wmvdmod decoder version 1 dmodec_wmv9dmodv3: DMO wmv9dmod decoder version 3 dshowdec_ir41_32v4: DS ir41_32 decoder version 4 dshowdec_ir50_32v5: DS ir50_32 decoder version 5 11 features: +-- 11 elements BUT: playing the video in totem does not working anymore! no video and no audio. even in nautilus the thumbnailer does not work anymore for any wmv. and no error messages from totem. playing with gst-launch playbin strangely works for the video, using wma9dmo ........ /GstPlayBin:playbin0/GstDecodeBin:decodebin0/dmodec_wmvdmodv3:dmodec_wmvdmodv30.GstPad:src: caps = video/x-raw-yuv, format=(fourcc)YUY2, width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, framerate=(fraction)10000000/417083 /GstPlayBin:playbin0/GstDecodeBin:decodebin0/dmodec_wmvdmodv3:dmodec_wmvdmodv30.GstPad:sink: caps = video/x-wmv, wmvversion=(int)3, width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, codec_data=(buffer)4bf10a01, format=(fourcc)WMV3, framerate=(fraction)10000000/417083 ........ but still no audio. What is happening? -- No audio in WMV9 files (even with w32codecs) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467193 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs