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totem don't play avi files anymore.

Asked by Tbjorn

I have ubuntu 8.04 amd64 with ATI grafic card. After a update a week ago totem don't play avi files, saying that it has no codec ( xvid, divx 5).
All codecs and restricted extras are installed as far as I know. And totem has worked fine till now. There is no panic I have VLC but I like totem.

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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#1

Try reinstalling Totem by executing:-
sudo apt-get install --reinstall totem
in a terminal and see if that fixes it.

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Tbjorn (tbjornen) said : 		#2

Thanks for the fast answer.
I am afraid it did not help.

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Christoph Langner (chrissss) said : 		#3

Please make sure that all codecs are installed

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-restricted-extras

Perhaps you need the w32codecs

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Playing%20Non-Native%20Media%20Formats

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Tbjorn (tbjornen) said : 		#4

God thinking.
I have now done that, but the problem remains.

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A. Denton (aquina) said : 		#5

Is there any errormsg or something like that? Please tell us what totem puts you out. Also have a look in the logs.

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Tbjorn (tbjornen) said : 		#6

I started totem from a terminal but no output there.
What logs?

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Tbjorn (tbjornen) said : 		#7

I gladly look in log files.
Name one.

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Tbjorn (tbjornen) said : 		#8

I use VLC.
Thanks