Totem can't handle ffdemux_flv

Hi Sam
i couldn't reproduce this issue, may you provide us with a sample file and the version of the related packages you have installed. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

Thanks in advance

i almost forgot, the following command can provide you the information i'm requesting:

dpkg -l |egrep "totem|ffmpeg"|grep ^ii|awk '{print $2,$3}'

Thanks

Hi Basilio,
sorry I don't have the link of the adress anymore I've wanted to open with totem.
But here is at least the output from the code you've provided:
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.2-2ubuntu1
libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4
libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4
libavutil1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4
libpostproc1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4
libtotem-plparser7 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
totem 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
totem-gstreamer 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
totem-mozilla 2.20.0-0ubuntu3

Hi Basilio,
I've found the link of the file in the history:
http://www.polylog.tv/static/sites/videothek/media/polylog-NERDS.mp4.flv

This also occurs in Hardy when attempting to play videos with the Youtube plugin. Using GStreamer 0.10.17-1ubuntu1 and Totem 2.21.92-0ubuntu2.

Hi there
I can see and hear without any problem the stream posted previously, this under an up-to-date hardy heron, could you please confirm this is working for you too?

related packages:
==============
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.3-6
totem 2.22.0-0ubuntu1
totem-gstreamer 2.22.0-0ubuntu1

thanks in advance

I can confirm this with the latest Totem (Hardy) trying the above URL and with any video I've tried so far on YouTube.

** Message: don't know how to handle video/x-flv
** Message: Error: Element doesn't implement handling of this stream. Please file a bug.
gstffmpegdemux.c(1372): gst_ffmpegdemux_sink_activate_push (): /play/decodebin1/ffdemux_flv1:
failed to activate sinkpad in pull mode, push mode not implemented yet

(and a dialog box containing the same message as the OP's)

Is it as simple as adding a mimetype to a file somewhere?

Hi,
I'd like to add, since the url I've posted above did not open with gnash, I've tried to open it with totem, result was the message above.
YouTube videos run with gnash in the browser or can be downloaded and converted.
My "workaround" with the posted url for now, was downloading and playing it with vlc, that was no problem.
I think it is unfortunately not that easy by just adding a MIME type, it has something to do with the codec. I'm not very familiar with this, but would be nice if I'm wrong.

Same issue here.

gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.3-6
libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libavutil1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libpostproc1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libtotem-plparser10 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem 2.22.0-0ubuntu3
totem-common 2.22.0-0ubuntu3
totem-gstreamer 2.22.0-0ubuntu3
totem-mozilla 2.22.0-0ubuntu3
totem-plugins 2.22.0-0ubuntu3

Anything else I can provide in order to help fixing that bug?

I had the same error after removing gstreamer-plugins from the bad set. So check if it's installed, try with multiverse version too. Then open a file or a stream with totem.

I second this . trying to open an flv file as a http stream with all gstreamer plugins installed including FFMPEG in Gutsy ( 0.10.2-2.ubuntu1 ) .

When gstreamer- ffmpeg is removed, Codeine looks for the ffmpeg plugin so the mimetype seems correct.

however if you try to open the vidéo locally it will work , so the problem seems to be with the http source gstreamer handler .

Hi again,
now on Hardy little differences occured.
Loading the url above as stream no reaction, the window keeps black, no messages.
Loading by open file in folder also no reaction. Double click on the file works immediately.
Expected is streaming by open place given url and loading by browsing folder in nautilus.

#dpkg -l |egrep "totem|ffmpeg"|grep ^ii|awk '{print $2,$3}'
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.3-6
libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libavutil1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libpostproc1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7
libtotem-plparser10 2.22.2-0ubuntu1
totem 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-common 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-gstreamer 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-mozilla 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-plugins 2.22.1-0ubuntu2

Also installed are all gstreamer-plugins which are provided. (Also was in Gutsy the case)

btw. in applications+media there are now to entrances for totem, one has the command line #totem %U, the other #totem-gstreamer %U, the GUI is identic.

Output from terminal:
#totem
** (totem:29952): DEBUG: Init of Python module
** (totem:29952): DEBUG: Registering Python plugin instance: YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:29952): DEBUG: Creating object of type YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:29952): DEBUG: Creating Python plugin instance
Killed

While still loading on black screen I forced the window to close.

Similar problem

1) Ubuntu Release
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

2) Package
totem:
  Installed: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) Reproduce the bug with this steps
3.1 One way
a) Use youtube plugin to search for results with the term "acdc"
b) Right Click on the picture in the result list and choose "Add to playlist"
c) the following error message will occure in a dialog: "ffdemux_swf: Element doesn't implement handling of this stream. Please file a bug"
3.2 Second way
a) Start a youtube video
b) While it is running in totem search for another with the youtube plugin
c) right click it in the search result list ans add it to the playlist. this will work!
d) as soon as the first startet will end the same bug as above will occur
5) i expected the video to be added to the playlist for later use
6) output of dpkg -l |egrep "totem|ffmpeg"|grep ^ii|awk '{print $2,$3}'
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.3-6
libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libavutil1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libpostproc1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libtotem-plparser1 2.18.1-0ubuntu3
libtotem-plparser10 2.22.3-0ubuntu2
libtotem-plparser7 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
totem 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-common 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-gstreamer 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-mozilla 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-plugins 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
7) See attachement for error message

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Intrepid Ibex. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

Hi,
still running updated Hardy I've tried again today, with copy&paste the url above.
Within Totem menu -> open place, the url was already pasted, opening, nothing happens, window stays black, although the status bar said 'playing'. I stopped, repeat the steps and the whole app darkened black, I've forced to close it.
Output from xsession-errors attached.

When I have more time I'll try the scenario with the Live CD Intrepid Alpha, since I've already used it for a different bug tracking.
Thanks for hanging on.

dpkg -l |egrep "totem|ffmpeg"|grep ^ii|awk '{print $2,$3}'
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.3-6
libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libavutil1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libpostproc1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libtotem-plparser10 2.22.3-0ubuntu2
totem 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-common 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-gstreamer 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-mozilla 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-plugins 2.22.1-0ubuntu2

Hi,
running my Intrepid Alpha 4 it just tells me to install codecs. Since I don't know where they will be installed and I don't want to harm my LTS I didn't proceed, sorry, I'm not a user with moderate skills in testing.
Attached screenshots and xsession_errors for the record.

dpkg -l |egrep "totem|ffmpeg"|grep ^ii|awk '{print $2,$3}'
libtotem-plparser12 2.23.3-0ubuntu1
totem 2.23.4-0ubuntu2
totem-common 2.23.4-0ubuntu2
totem-gstreamer 2.23.4-0ubuntu2
totem-mozilla 2.23.4-0ubuntu2
totem-plugins 2.23.4-0ubuntu2

I assume that this bug is still open. I filed a bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289325
about the same problem. It started after updating gstreamer packages.
Running hardy on PowerPC.

Hi Brian,
confirm. I didn't use Totem-YouTube for a while. After I've received your discription via mail I've tried it right away and yes, same error here.
>>"An error occurred... ffdemux_swf: Element doesn't implement handling of this stream. Please file bug."

There was an update from a gstreamer package and maybe since that time it doesn't work anymore, it wasn't a problem before using this plugin. Hope that someone makes a reverse on this package.
According to your discription, swfdec is still playing YouTube Videos, but not as flawlessly as before.

btw. I have no access on the link mentioned above #289325
quote:
Not allowed here
Sorry, you don't have permission to access this page.
You are logged in as Sam.

This is the link which includes discription from Brian
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/208842/comments/5

My system:
Hardy 8.04.1
2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Tue Oct 21 23:09:30 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Output from terminal:
:~$ totem
** (totem:29971): DEBUG: Init of Python module
** (totem:29971): DEBUG: Registering Python plugin instance: YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:29971): DEBUG: Creating object of type YouTube+TotemPythonPlugin
** (totem:29971): DEBUG: Creating Python plugin instance
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/totem/plugins/youtube/youtube.py", line 144, in on_starting_video
    mrl = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=" + urllib.quote (youtube_id) + "&t=" + urllib.quote (re.match (".*[?&]t=([^&]+)", location).groups ()[0])
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'groups'
** Message: don't know how to handle application/x-shockwave-flash
** Message: Error: Das Element kann diesen Datenstrom nicht verarbeiten. Bitte schicken Sie einen Fehlerbericht.
gstffmpegdemux.c(1372): gst_ffmpegdemux_sink_activate_push (): /play/decodebin0/ffdemux_swf0:
failed to activate sinkpad in pull mode, push mode not implemented yet

** (totem:29971): DEBUG: Finalizing Python plugin instance

:~$ dpkg -l |egrep "totem|ffmpeg"|grep ^ii|awk '{print $2,$3}'
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.3-6
libavcodec1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libavformat1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libavutil1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libpostproc1d 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.1
libtotem-plparser10 2.22.3-0ubuntu2
totem 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-common 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-gstreamer 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-mozilla 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
totem-plugins 2.22.1-0ubuntu2

Hi Sam,
That bug has been flagged as private for security reasons! I have no idea why but the info I posted here is the same anyway.
Youtube videos do not play at all anymore with either swfdec or gnash.
If this is a gstreamer issue I wish i knew how to get the attention of the developers on that,
I did get a reply on the private bug stating that an update to Intrepid cured the problem. Updates always scare me!

Hi Brian,
upgrade to Intrepid? Unfortunately this cannot be the answer for Hardy LTS.
The problem with swfdec or gnash according YouTube website is in my view not related to the plugin from Totem.
e.g. swfdec version in official source is old, the new one, according to their website, is doing much better on this issues. I don't use gnash anymore since videos on YouTube don't work here since Hardy LTS (with Gutsy they did), therefore I've switched to swfdec. But the plugin in Totem worked until you brought up this issue and lead me to test it here.

For the record I've filed a new bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/291275

I upgraded my other PowerBook G3 to Intrepid and after tweaking a bit to be able to run a Gnome Desktop (a bug in libpixman.so specific to PowerPC) and the Totem plugins work great! the BBC plugin is nice too. Also can watch the BBC videos embeeded in firefox, gnash plays everything, so far. Intrepid is a big improvement in the video arena.

does anybody still get the issue in jaunty and could open the bug on bugzilla.gnome.org if that's the case?

for me it's been working fine since Interpid, and works good in Jaunty, too.

--- Den tis 2009-04-28 skrev Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>:

> Från: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
> Ämne: [Bug 184907] Re: Totem can't handle ffdemux_flv
> Till: <email address hidden>
> Datum: tisdag 28 april 2009 23.10
> does anybody still get the issue in
> jaunty and could open the bug on
> bugzilla.gnome.org if that's the case?
>
> --
> Totem can't handle ffdemux_flv
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184907
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “totem” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: totem
>
> Hi,
> I'm supposed to report this message:
> ffdemux_flv: The element can't handle the stream. Please
> file a bug message.
> I'm using totem 2.20.0 with GStreamer 0.10.14 and Gnome on
> Gutsy. Further in use is firefox 2.0.0.11 and gnash. For the
> moment I don't know which information else I should provide.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Jan 21 21:35:11 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
> Package: totem-gstreamer 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcCmdline: totem
> ProcCwd: /home/user
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: totem
> Uname: Linux user-02 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18
> 05:28:27 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>

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