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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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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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Totem player playback speed

I'm trying to find out whether the default video player in Ubuntu 16.04 (Totem) can increase or decrease playback speed. Most of what I found on the web were old threads from 2009-2011. There are some totem plugins on the Gnome website but none of…
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Show visualization instead of album art in Totem?

How can I set Totem to show the visualization instead of the album art when I am playing a sound track?
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Totem not playing certain videos in 12.04

The videos that work properly in 10.04 are not working in 12.04. haris@psycho:~/music$ file Captain\ Tsubasa\ 2\ NES\ -\ 21\ -\ Coimbra_s\ Theme.mp4 Captain Tsubasa 2 NES - 21 - Coimbra_s Theme.mp4: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, version…
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Manually setting skip distance for Totem

Is there a way to manually set the skip distance in Totem when using the left/right arrow keys besides the default -15s/+60s (-5s/+15s when used with Shift) like one could on VLC (Not to mention setting the hotkeys themselves)?
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How to read the subtitles in Totem immediately?

I have successfully managed to load subtitles in Totem. I checked the "Automatically load subtitle files when movie is loaded" option. The subtitles are run. The problem: When I start the movie forward or backward, subtitles may take some time to…
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Totem losing sound after a few seconds of playing

After starting Totem in Ubuntu 12.10 (playing an .MTS file), it starts out playing just fine, but after about 3 seconds the sound goes away. No clue at all what is happening. .MPG files play just fine. The videos play just fine, with sound, in VLC.…
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Totem "playing" icon

Since upgrading to 13.04, Totem (videos) now shows a big white "Play" icon when going from paused video to playing. How do I disable this "facility"?
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Trying to get Video player to work

From the thread: Totem fails with missing plugins after 22.04 LTS upgrade Trying to decipher the answer, but am unsure how to do this. How do you remove ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0?
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Is there a way to have only controllers in Totem?

What I want is to have only controllers without video window. Is it possible?
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Totem: Use --no-existing-session as default

Is there any way to always automatically use the parameter --no-existing-session for Totem? I want to use that parameter whenever I double click on anything that will open Totem. Thanks!
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How can I clear the recent files from the movie player menu in 12.04?

Possible Duplicate: How do I delete totem’s history? How do I delete the entire history (Recently Used Items) in the dash? In 12.04 Live-USB, I use Movie Player to watch movie or music video. All of the movie/music-video titles that I have seen…
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How do I change the Totem Videos program that I did not install?

Totam Videos was installed prior to my receiving the new computer. I need a plugin to make it work, but it doesn't tell me which one. I cannot delete or reinstall Videos as an option. Can you help me to get it functioning? Thanks
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Cannot seek mkv files in Totem Ubuntu 14.04

When i try to seek an mkv file in totem, it automatically closes without any error dialog. I have the three gstreamer plugins installed (good, bad and ugly) EDIT: The following error message is displayed when i seek and video -…
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I don't have a CSS decoder, what software should I download?

I tried to open movie player with a movie but it gives me crap about a decoding library. Then I learned about the modern CSS scrambling and I couldn't find anything to help.
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