For questions related with the GStreamer multimedia framework. GStreamer allows a programmer to create a variety of media-handling components, including simple audio playback, audio and video playback, recording, streaming and editing.
Questions tagged [gstreamer]
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GStreamer plugins: "ugly" and "bad"
Why are gstreamer plugins labeled as "bad" and "ugly"?
trv100
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Clementine won't play .wma, with "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plugin" error
Here's a screenshot:
It displays messages like: "Clementine stopped." or displays songs that are not playing, and indicator icon is disappearing and reappearing. Does this happens only to me, or is it common bug in 14.04. I clean installed 14.04,…
Dusan Milosevic
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How do I get HTML5 h.264 Video working on Firefox?
According the the release notes for Firefox 26, h.264 video should now be working in Linux. It does also say the appropriate gstreamer plug-ins need to be installed. Does anyone know what these are?
I used this test site and the YouTube HTML5…
HarlemSquirrel
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How can I install gstreamer 1.0 in Ubuntu 12.04?
I'm trying to install GStreamer 1.0 on Ubuntu 12.04, the default GStreamer that comes with Ubuntu 12.04 is gst 0.10. I could see that I could download the GStreamer 1.0 source from gstreamer.freedesktop.org, build it and install it. But this…
ansi
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How do I check gstreamer version?
I want to know what version of gstreamer I have installed.
If it turns out that I have multiple versions I want to know which is being used.
Edit:
It turns out that things are a bit messy. There are multiple versions of gstreamer (mainly 0.1 and…
842Mono
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Way to make video-thumbnails generate from VLC instead of Totem?
I'm suffering from problem that video-thumbnails do not appear in nautilus for some video files. I just found this bug typefinding: some mpeg files are not identified as mpeg files which seems to address the problem. I don't understand the specifics…
nick
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Midi files not working on Rhythmbox nor VLC
Rhythmbox 2.96 doesn't run any midi file on Ubuntu 12.04, even after installing GStreamer and Ubuntu Restricted Extras.
Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|rhythmbox-metadata|audio/midi decoder|decoder-audio/midi
[0xb5504e40] main…
Mahmoud
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How to play .m4a in Clementine?
Clementine says missing gstreamer plugin when I try to play a .m4a file. Totem and Rhythm Box play it fine.
$ wajig listinstalled…
artfulrobot
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capturing video from webcam and saving to a file
I am trying to capture video(alongwith audio) from a webcam.
I need to record the video and save it to a file,for further processing.
Would like to do it through CLI.
Any ideas how to do it using ffmpeg or gstreamer.
I am getting these errors: …
python_beginner
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How to compile C/C++ program with GStreamer
I'm trying to compile this code:
#include
#include
#include
int main (int argc,
char *argv[])
{
const gchar *nano_str;
guint major, minor, micro, nano;
gst_init (&argc, &argv);
gst_version (&major,…
dwinar
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Ubuntu 14.04, problem when install gstreamer1.0-libav, unmet dependencies
Suddenly my Ubuntu stopped playing video. When I open a video, the player suggests that I install gstreamer1.0-libav. However, it fails to install.
I tried installing it manually, here is the error message:
$ sudo apt-get install…
Capacytron
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How to enable VDPAU on GStreamer?
I'm currently experiencing a bit of lag on 720 HD videos. I am hoping VDPAU will help. How do I enable it on either GStreamer-based video players?
Oxwivi
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Installing can I install gstreamer 1.4 on ubuntu 14.04?
Is it possible to install gstreamer 1.4 framework on Ubuntu 14.04?
Haris Kovacevic
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Building Rhythmbox from source
I'm trying to build rhythmbox from source to have a go at adding an extra feature. I'm running into issues with gstreamer
configure: error: Package requirements ( gstreamer-1.0 >= 0.11.92
gstreamer-audio-1.0 >= 0.11.92
gstreamer-base-1.0 >=…
Codey McCodeface
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Which codecs does Totem require for H.264 playback in a fresh install of 19.04?
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 19.04 and I am unable to play a MP4 video in Totem. Following the suggestion to install the necessary decoder was unsuccessful. Which codecs must I install to play this video file, which uses a H.264 (High Profile)…
Tom Brossman
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