[Feisty]Gxine,Mplayer,Totem play problems

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Do you mean that you can no sound when you watch videos? If so what happens when you try to listen to an audio file? Thanks in advance.

I test for rmvb and mp3 files,mp3 works ok for all,but play rmvb with no
sound for all.

But when yesterday my system upgrade,some of rmvb can play with sound,but
some still can't,those files i have already test in Xubuntu 6.06,works well.

test rm: mplayer works well,totem-xine no sound,gxine can't play.

This may be rather complex, but I think on Feisty there is some problem with priorities for the engine settings.

With w32codecs installed, and libxine-extracodecs installed, gxine insists on trying to use ffmpeg for Real media. When the ffmpeg audio priority is reduced to -1 and win32a set to 2 , Real media are played OK, apparently using the w32codecs.

When the priorities are all set at zero as per default, playing a Real stream tries in vain to use ffmpeg and reports buffering - which stops at 4-6%, although the stream appears to be still connected and downloading ( but with no sound)

The blue subscripts report it is trying to use "cooker" - whereas when it "works" with w32codecs it reports "Cook". The player sometimes stops after a few seconds with a message in the terminal "watchdog bite"

Output of gxine -v attached ( attempt to play rtsp://202.6.74.108/broadcast/classicfm.rm )

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:28:45 -0000
Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: None => gxine
> Assignee: Brian Murray => (unassigned)
> Status: Needs Info => Unconfirmed

Brian - please advise what info is required and I will try to supply it.
Was the output I provided of no use ?

i like ubuntu/linix but know nothing about programming. no matter what i try i can't get a dvd to play with totem, mplayer, or gxine. they either stop or say i need a plug in. i've tried installing everything. can someone give me some painless answers/solutions?