Questions tagged [gstreamer]

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.

See http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/

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GStreamer plugins: "ugly" and "bad"

Why are gstreamer plugins labeled as "bad" and "ugly"?
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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 page…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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 gstreamer0.10 gstreamer0.10-alsa:amd64 gstreamer0.10-nice:amd64 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:amd64…
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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:…
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How to compile C/C++ program with GStreamer

I'm trying to compile this code: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <gst/gst.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { const gchar *nano_str; guint major, minor, micro, nano; gst_init (&argc, &argv); gst_version (&major, &minor, &micro,…
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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 gstreamer1.0-libav…
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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?
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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?
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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 >= 0.11.92…
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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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