[CentOS] totem fails to open .wmv file

Mon Jan 21 21:00:41 UTC 2013
Marcin Lage <marcin.lage at gmail.com>

You could try - $ mplayer -vc ffwmv3 sound_video.wmv


2013/1/21 Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com>

> Hey All,
>
> Totem has stopped playing .wmv files recently.  I don't know exactly
> when this happened, but I know I've played .wmv files not too very long
> ago.  I've got 372 .wmv files all of which I've played at one time.
>
> When I try to launch any one of the .wmv files from file manager totem
> pops up but the controls are not functional.
>
> If I start totem from a terminal there is no feedback:
> [mlapier at mushroom Media]$ totem myfile.wmv
>
> When I try to open a .wmv file using Movie/Open the controls are not
> functional.
>
> [mlapier at mushroom Media]$ cd /usr/bin/
> [mlapier at mushroom bin]$ ls | grep gst-
> gst-feedback
> gst-feedback-0.10
> gst-inspect
> gst-inspect-0.10
> gst-launch
> gst-launch-0.10
> gst-typefind
> gst-typefind-0.10
> gst-xmlinspect
> gst-xmlinspect-0.10
> gst-xmllaunch
> gst-xmllaunch-0.10
> [mlapier at mushroom bin]$ rpm -qa | grep ^gst
> gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.11-2.el6.i686
> gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.29-1.el6.i686
> gstreamer-0.10.29-1.el6.i686
> gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.19-2.el6.i686
> gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.23-1.el6.i686
> gstreamer-tools-0.10.29-1.el6.i686
> gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.18-4.el6.i686
> gstreamer-python-0.10.16-1.1.el6.i686
>
> [mlapier at mushroom bin]$ gst-inspect-0.10 WishingWell.wmv
>
> (gst-inspect-0.10:23840): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin
> 'WishingWell.wmv': WishingWell.wmv: cannot open shared object file: No
> such file or directory
> Could not load plugin file: Opening module failed: WishingWell.wmv:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [mlapier at mushroom Media]$
>
> [mlapier at mushroom Media]$ gst-launch-0.10 WishingWell.wmv
> ERROR: pipeline could not be constructed: Unrecoverable syntax error
> while parsing pipeline WishingWell.wmv .
> [mlapier at mushroom Media]$
>
> [mlapier at mushroom Media]$ gst-typefind-0.10 WishingWell.wmv
> WishingWell.wmv - video/x-ms-asf
> [mlapier at mushroom Media]$
>
> Do you need to see the output of gst-feedback-0.10?  It's quite lengthy.
>
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