Totem Movie Player doesn't play movies, just sticks at first frame

Chris G cl at isbd.net
Thu Sep 30 17:16:54 UTC 2010


On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:02:06AM -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/30/2010 06:11 AM, Chris G wrote:
> > When I try and play AVI files with totem it just sits showing the first
> > frame as though it's paused there but it's not paused.  Clicking
> > pause/play does nothing.
> > 
> > I can drag the Time slider across and the movie plays, it just doesn't
> > seem able to play by itself, any ideas?
> > 
> 
> I suspect that it is an issue with the AVI itself. I've encountered the
> same with some. Do other AVI's do the same?
> 
It seems the same with half a dozen or so AVI files but they're mostly
from the same camera, though there is at least one from a different
camera.

-- 
Chris Green




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