Darryl Clarke <smartssa@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On 11/03/06, CJ Kelley <debian_i386@yahoo.com> wrote: > Is there a good alternative to Totem? I cant seem to play back movie files > when i use totem. ----CJ's reply---- All the movie formats..including dvd's..the wont work, totem returns an error message stating that the file is invalid when it really isnt and doesnt play the video ----end of reply---- What types of movies? Totem works fine for me for almost everything. The ocassional windows media 9 or 10 file fails to play for me of course, but that's a codec (licensing) issue and not Totem. Reading this for some issues with certain codecs is good: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats You may also check to see if you have installed a handful of the gstreamer0.8-* packages for various plugins and codecs. -- ~ Darryl ~ smartssa@gmail.com ~ http://darrylclarke.com -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </debian_i386@yahoo.com></blockquote> <hr size=1>Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! <a href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39174/*http://photomail.mail.yahoo.com">New PhotoMail </a> makes sharing a breeze.