[Bug 851481] Re: totem and banshee prompt for i386 plugin to play QuckTime on 64 bit system

[Rocko]

Yes, *see comment 5 for a sample file that doesn't play*.

A virtual machine running oneiric 64-bit identified the required codecs
for this file as mpeg4-aac-decoder and h264-decoder and installed the
plugins gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg and gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad. The VM can
play the file, but my main machine (upgraded from natty) cannot. I
raised bug #856988 for this because it appears to be a configuration
issue since the VM can play the file.

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Title:
  totem and banshee prompt for i386 plugin to play QuckTime on 64 bit
  system

Status in “gnome-codec-install” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When I try and play some QT files, both totem and banshee decide they
  haven't got an appropriate codec (event though I have the gstreamer
  good, bad, and ugly plugins installed). When I allow them to search
  for a suitable plugin, they suggest 'gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386'
  (and I do have the 64 bit version of gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
  installed).

  If run from the command line, the message is:

  ** Message: Error: Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in.
  gstdecodebin2.c(3233): gst_decode_bin_expose (): /GstPlayBin2:play/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin0/GstDecodeBin2:decodebin20:
  no suitable plugins found

  ** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|Quicktime demuxer
  |decoder-video/quicktime, variant=(string)iso (Quicktime demuxer)

  At the moment, clicking on Install does absolutely nothing, but when
  this has happened in the past, clicking on Install warns that it will
  remove most of Ubuntu in order to install the i386 plugin.

  A file that demonstrates this problem is at:
  http://http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2011/sep/15/bill-bailey-
  gary-numan-cars-video - it works fine in Firefox, but if I download it
  to the desktop (eg with the firefox Download YouTube videos plugin)
  and try to play in totem, I hit this bug.

  VLC plays the files just fine.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: totem 3.0.1-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 16 09:11:20 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
  SourcePackage: totem
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-15 (0 days ago)

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