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Prior to the upgrade, I could be on wikipedia and play the 'play' links fine where totem would open a window and have screen graphics go on. Now, after researching, installing VLC and it's extensions, making sure the gnome codec installer is activated, and on and on, all I get is : "The parameters passed to the application had an invalid format. Please file a bug!

The parameters were: --transient-for=16777296 gstreamer|1.0|totem-plugin-viewer|audio/x-midi-event decoder|decoder-audio/x-midi-event" When totem/video opens and I'm not sure whether the bug is being reported or not. Meaning I don't know if APPOrt is active for this as there's no box with a checkmark in it display.

AND the window for totem/video ALWAYS has the sound muted when it opens.

bruce
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  • You can run ubuntu-bug packagename or ubuntu-bug -w and then click on the offending window. You can also run ubuntu-bug PID replacing the PID and/or packagename variable with the corresponding value. see here http://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug and here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs on reporting bugs. – mchid Aug 18 '14 at 01:09
  • Also, sometimes you can run into trouble if you have conflicting plugins enabled like vlc and totem. If you have more than one running, disable one or the other. – mchid Aug 18 '14 at 01:14

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Solution for Ubuntu 14:04 LTS

  • open Synaptic Package Manager;
  • type in search: fluidsynth;
  • install plugin vlc-plugin-fluidsynth;
  • enjoy.

There is no need to install VLC, because the totem alone works perfectly.

brandizzi
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EdvaldoSCruz
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I removed and then reinstalled VLC. Then scrolled down for the '41 other technical' at the bottom of the VLC install in Ubuntu Software Center and added "fluid-synth" to install. Resolved problem

Anwar
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bruce
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