# tar xvjf gst-plugins-base-0.10.25.tar.bz2 
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/check/
[...]
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/docs/libs/html/index.html
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/docs/libs/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-gstmixertrack.html
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/docs/libs/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-gstpbutilsmissingplugins.html

bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
        perhaps it is corrupted?  *Possible* reason follows.
bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device
        Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/docs/libs/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-gstrtppayloads.html
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now



# tar xvzf gst-plugins-base-0.10.25.tar.gz  
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/check/
[...]
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/icles/test-textoverlay.c
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/icles/Makefile.am
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/icles/test-scale.c

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
gst-plugins-base-0.10.25/tests/icles/playbin-text.c
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now