I just found a thread on the Ubuntu forum which sheds some light on the problem:- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=775943
It seems I had 2 versions of x264 on my system x264-57 installed by Hardy, and x264-54 left over from Gutsy. The fix was to uninstall both (plus x264-dev if you have it) and re-install x264-57, together with anything that was depending on x264-54 and was auto-removed by synaptic/aptitude. I managed this as follows:- 1: Search Synaptic for x264 and select x264-57 for re-installation. x264-54 & x264-dev should be selected for complete removal. 2: Synaptic mayl complain that a whole bunch of apps depend on x264-54, so export the list of changes from Synaptic to a txt file. 3: Apply the changes in Synaptic. 4: Open the text file in Gedit, change every instance of "deinstall" for "install" and remove x264-54's line entirely. 5: Import the altered file into Synaptic and Apply the changes. Having done this, I can now view all except wmv & rmvb. I suspect I need a visit to medibuntu to fix these. -- totem won't recognize gstreamer codecs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
