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Default media player (audio and video) for the GNOME computer desktop based on GStreamer.

Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/

Totem is a simple yet featureful media player for GNOME which can read a large number of file formats. It features :

  • Shoutcast, m3u, asx, SMIL and ra playlists support
  • DVD (with menus), VCD and Digital CD (with CDDB) playback
  • TV-Out configuration with optional resolution switching
  • 4.0, 5.0, 5.1 and stereo audio output
  • Full-screen mode (move your mouse and you get nice controls) with Xinerama, dual-head and RandR support
  • Aspect ratio toggling, scaling based on the video's original size
  • Full keyboard control
  • Simple playlist with repeat mode and saving feature
  • GNOME, Nautilus and GIO integration
  • Screenshot of the current movie
  • Brightness and Contrast control
  • Visualisation plugin when playing audio-only files
  • Video thumbnailer for nautilus
  • Nautilus properties page
  • Works on remote displays
  • DVD, VCD and OGG/OGM subtitles with automatic language selection
  • Extensible with plugins
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Why isn't VLC the default video player?

Why does Ubuntu come with Totem set as default? Is there a reason or am I just wrongly assuming everybody thinks Totem is actually inferior to VLC? Not to mention VLC is vastly known as perhaps the best video player for Windows, which would help…
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How do I delete totem's history?

How do I delete totem's history displayed in it's main menu in Natty? For example if I don't want anyone to know I'm watching... ehem Simpsons a lot? I've tried How can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity? but this doesnt work for Totem.
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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…
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Can I uninstall Totem?

In my opinion, VLC is a much better and much faster player than Totem, and plays everything without having to need all of the extra junk Totem comes with. My question is, can you safely uninstall Totem? I'm trying to reduce the amount of junk on my…
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Video player in 18.04 shows a psychedelic mixture instead of a clear video

I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 along with the restricted extras. I've also installed virtually all the GStream packages in an attempt to fix this problem. Whenever I try to play an mp4 I get a mixture of psychedelic colors. I can make out movement in…
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Ubuntu 14.04 totem video player show big play/pause icon on screen

After I updated my desktop to 14.04 totem or unity default video player show it's play/pause icon very big on the screen, and there is nothing in preferences that i can change it. any suggestions ?
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How can I launch multiple instances of Totem since 11.10?

Since Ubuntu 11.10, I can't use the --no-existing-session parameter that is used to launch multiple instances of Totem, because it has been removed from newest versions of Totem. Is there a new way to do that now? If so, how do I do that?
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Totem sidebar gone after upgrade (playlist)

I just noticed that my totem video player doesn't have a sidebar with playlist anymore. I didn't use totem for some time, so I am not sure which ubuntu upgrade was responsible for it, now I am using vivid. Is there any way to get the sidebar back…
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How to set subtitles to 'none' as a default for totem?

Ubuntu 17.10 Opening videos has always the English subtitles (embedded) on by default, I have to turn them off every time I open I new file. How to turn it to none as a default? There is a checkbox for external subtitles that I have turned off. This…
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Play youtube videos in Totem movie player

Whn I try to play youtube video in Totem I get this error: No supported stream was found. You might need to allow more transport protocols or may otherwise be missing the right GStreamer RTSP extension plugin. I have all Totem plugins installed…
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What Does Totem's Thumbnailer Do with MP3s?

I copied a ton of MP3s onto a USB stick tonight and noticed: I couldn't umount because totem-video-thumbnailer was busy processing the MP3s and Each file was taking forever to process and No network traffic was happening A fair amount of CPU was…
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How to play back multiple videos, stopping after each one?

I want to watch a number of trailers and make notes inbetween each one. So, instead having them play one after the other without stopping, I want each one to automatically stop once it's done, and then I'll hit a key to play the next one in the…
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Can't see the subtitles in totem

I have successfully managed to load subtitles in totem and it says that the subtitles are run but,the problem is that I can't see them. Does anybody know a fix for it?
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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)…
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Choppy video under Ubuntu but not Windows

This video is not playing smoothly with totem or VLC under Ubuntu: http://thomas-guettler.de/tmp/20181011_113036-0.MP4 It works with Windows. What I mean with "is not playing smoothly" is: I see it, but it looks like there are only four frames. The…
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