gstreamer encountered a general supporting library layer' error after abort

[dave selby]

Many thanks - that sorted it :)

Dave


On 27/04/2008, Caleb Marcus <caleb.marcus at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 09:38 +0100, dave selby wrote:
>  > Hi All,
>  >
>  > Fresh install of hardy, all AOK,  tried to play a .swf, ubuntu asked
>  > to download a codec, which it did, I think it then asked to download
>  > another coded but I was distracted at the critical point (yikes!) and
>  > I hit cancel.
>  >
>  > Now when I try and play the .swf I get 'gstreamer encountered a
>  > general supporting library layer' error.
>  >
>  > Any idea what to do
>  >
>  > Cheers
>  >
>  > Dave
>  >
>
> Do you remember what codec you installed? Try this:
>      1. Close out of Firefox
>      2. Open a terminal and run: sudo aptitude remove
>         mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla
>      3. Open Firefox and go to a page that uses Flash (a YouTube movie,
>         for example)
>      4. When it asks what codec to install, choose Flash Player
>         (installer) rather than swfdec or Gnash
>  This should get you using Adobe Flash.
>
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