Ubuntu
totem package

problems with dvd play

Bug #272955 reported by matteo landricina
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Bug Description

Totem plays only the dvd's menu, and only if I run the application from the menu first (no right-click on dvd icon). Dragonplayer plays without sound (I already checked the flashwave plugin for firefox, it's not that). Mplayer doesn't find the dvd at all. What's the matter? Maybe a bugfix issue?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 22 02:10:15 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem-gstreamer
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: totem-gstreamer 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

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Tags: apport-bug
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matteo landricina (matteolandricina) wrote :
matteo landricina (matteolandricina)
description: updated
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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote :

Do you have libdvdread3 installed? If it's an encrypted DVD (most store-bought DVDs are), do you have libdvdcss2 from medibuntu.org installed?

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matteo landricina (matteolandricina) wrote :

Yes, I've got them... and I have never had problems with dvds so far...

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote :

Are you using totem-gstreamer or totem-xine?

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matteo landricina (matteolandricina) wrote :

gstreamer...

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote :

Does it work if you use a xine-based player (totem-xine or xine-ui, for example)?

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matteo landricina (matteolandricina) wrote :

It's curious... as it seems I've got the totem xine installed somewhere, but it doesn't appear in the applications scroll-down menu... what is it? and how should I run it, by terminal?

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote :

You can just type "totem-xine" in the terminal.

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matteo landricina (matteolandricina) wrote :

yes, totem xine works. i hope this makes a sense to you...

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote :

Yep, makes perfect sense. The xine backend has traditionally had better DVD support (I use it for that reason). For that reason, I'm pretty sure this is a duplicate. I'm looking for the master bug.

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matteo landricina (matteolandricina) wrote :

Are there any news for my case? I still can't play video files (avi etc.) and dvds...

Run from terminal, totem gstreamer reports:

** (totem:7909): DEBUG: Init of Python module
** (totem:7909): DEBUG: Registering Python plugin instance: YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:7909): DEBUG: Creating object of type YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:7909): DEBUG: Creating Python plugin instance

(totem:7909): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_object_unref: assertion `object != NULL' failed

(totem:7909): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_object_unref: assertion `object != NULL' failed

(totem:7909): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_object_unref: assertion `object != NULL' failed

(totem:7909): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_object_unref: assertion `object != NULL' failed
** (totem:7909): DEBUG: Finalizing Python plugin instance

Totem xine isn't working much better...

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Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote :

I'd avise you to install VLC media player, it will work much better.

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