totem won't play movie in gutsy

Are you talking about a DVD movie or a video file?
If it's a video file, can you tell us what the audio in this file is encoded in (you can check this by right-clicking on the file, going into Properties and then in the Audio/Video tab)?
Finally, has this file or movie been confirmed to work on other computers?

I have similar problem. Can't find a solution. I have upgraded Feisty to Gutsy. Rythmbox is working fine, but I have no sound in any movie player (both - based xine or gstreamer) nor flash. A few days ago it was working, but not properly - after playing flash in firefox there was no sound in Totem. Sound was back after restarting system (usually).
Now there is no sound in any movie type.
I have biult-in realtec sound card and SB Live! 24. Trying to use Realtec, as I found there is no way for microphone to work with my poor SB!
I enclose amixer dump if it can be of any help to solve this problem:
 amixer
Simple mixer control 'Line in',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 204 [80%] [-1.50dB]
  Front Right: Capture 204 [80%] [-1.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 201 [79%] [-3.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Rear',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Unknown',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 124 [49%] [-20.75dB]
  Front Right: Playback 132 [52%] [-18.75dB]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Rear',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Side',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Phone' 'Mic' 'Line in' 'Aux'
  Item0: 'Line in'
Simple mixer control 'CAPTURE feedback',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 152 [60%] [-13.75dB]
  Front Right: Playback 152 [60%] [-13.75dB]
Simple mixer control 'Digital Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'IEC958 out' 'i2s mixer out' 'IEC958 in' 'i2s in' 'AC97 in' 'SRC out'
  Item0: 'i2s in'
Simple mixer control 'Shared Mic/Line in',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Line in' 'Mic in'
  Item0: 'Mic in'

Cheers!

Well, after rebooting I had (had!) sound in movie players. After next reboot it has gone :(

There are 2 'welcome' ubuntu sounds when starting system.
1st for the login/password screen
2nd when the desktop starts.
If it works like this, there is sound in totem / gxine etc.

But usually there is no 1st (login) sound, and 2nd is delayed (or delayed and different). In this situation I have no sound in totem / gxine, but Rythmbox is sitill working!

When Trying to play a movie DVD I get the following error message:
   " Totm cannot play this type of media (DVD) because do not ave the appropriate plugin to br able reaf
      from disc
           Please install the necessary plugins and restart Totem to be able to play the media"

Installed "ubuntu-restricted-extras", still get the same error message.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Fred

Dear Frederick,

Do you have the package libdvdcss2 installed on your system?

I haven't checked if it is installed on my system, however I now have
Totem playing movies on DVD.
Frederick

acuozzo wrote:
> Question #15657 on totem in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/15657
>
> acuozzo requested for more information:
> Dear Frederick,
>
> Do you have the package libdvdcss2 installed on your system?
>
>

gutsty is not maintained by canonical, no updates/no security updates, you should upgrade your system to ubuntu 8.04.3 or ubuntu 9.10.