GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 600780
Totem cannot open .MOV file - renaming to .avi fixes issue
Last modified: 2009-11-14 20:25:36 UTC
OpenSolaris build 126 Totem 2.28.0 gstreamer 0.10.24 Video files from my Kodak digital camera have file extension .MOV. Totem cannot open the .MOV file unless I change the file extension to .avi.
GStreamer doesn't do anything with the file extension. Reassigning to Totem, assuming that a totem developer might have a clue if something is happening inside totem itself. It would be helpful if you attached the relevant file (if it's under 1 MB), or put it on a web server somewhere if larger.
Created attachment 146978 [details] Simple video file
Thanks for moving this over to Totem. I've uploaded a test file.
Works just fine here. Which version of Totem and totem-pl-parser are you using? You should start by upgrading Totem to the latest stable btw.
Totem reports version 2.28.0 I found a ChangeLog file in /usr/share/doc/SUNWtotem-pl-parser/totem-pl-parser-2.28.0/ChangeLog.bz2 The last commit is yours: .... commit 853deec5fad8f62dce1a48faf2dd8ec58422c7d8 Author: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> Date: Mon Sep 21 11:48:35 2009 +0100 2.28.0 NEWS | 3 +++ configure.in | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) ... I'll try to update totem/gstreamer, but I'm a total solaris noob. But I've used linux for 12 yrs so I just need to get a handle on how things are done in Solaris. I suppose it is not as easy as ./configure && make && make install. Perhaps there is a "testing" package repo for opensolaris I could pull from.
I've installed gstreamer-0.10.25 in a non-standard location. I'm trying to install gst-plugins-base-0.10.25; but I cannot get the configure script to see the updated gstreamer in the non-standard location. Any suggestions? ./configure --help doesn't give any options to declare an alternate location.
I'm sorry but I cannot provide assistance in compiling Totem or its dependencies for Solaris. Consider using a Solaris or GNOME forum. I'd be happy to help you debug your problem once you've managed to get over that hurdle though.
Updated my system to OpenSolaris build 127 today. This update installed totem 2.28.1 and gstreamer 0.10.25. The playback issues are gone and .mov files play great. I'm not sure what the problem was, but OpenSolaris developers confirmed the problem is now gone with the latest 127 build.