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Trying to play any .wmv file in Totem gives the following error:

(totem:2491): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_structure_new_empty: assertion 'gst_structure_validate_name (name)' failed Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Restricted extras are installed, and I've also tried removing any .gstreamer config files from my home directory. Any ideas how to fix this?

bak202
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  • Why on earth would you want to use Totem? You can install VLC player from Ubuntu repositories and also xine together with xine-ui (sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc and if you want to sudo apt-get install xine xine-ui gxine) and you can play almost any video file format with either of these 2 LITE video players. Totem is heavy package dude! – Taz D. Oct 11 '14 at 08:15
  • I prefer its simple interface. VLC also doesn't play .wmv's for me anyway. – bak202 Oct 11 '14 at 08:43
  • If it's a simple interface that you need then I suggest you install Gstreamer 1.0 from the developers page. Run sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0* after adding the ppa to your software sources list. The command for launching Gstreamer 1.0 is present in /usr/bin/gst-play-1.0. When opening a video file, choose Open With and select /usr/bin/gst-play-1.0. It goes fullscreen, you can pause it, and it will play your wmv files. – Taz D. Oct 11 '14 at 09:08
  • I am not sure that Open With was a wise suggestion for opening local video files with Gstreamer 1.0. It works best in a terminal window where you can use a code like gst-play-1.0 [path to the file] – Taz D. Oct 11 '14 at 18:10

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