Totem can't seek in flash videos

[Joseph Garvin]

Binary package hint: totem

1. Open up a .flv video in Totem
2. Notice that the "Time:" bar never fills up. Pausing and resuming works, seeking doesn't.

[Bhavani Shankar (bhavi)]

Same problem here with me

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you use totem-gstreamer or totem-xine? Do you have an URI example to give?

[Joseph Garvin (k04jg02)]

I'm running Feisty with totem-gstreamer. Edgy only played .flv's audio I think, which has been fixed.

Download the second movie from the url below, "Windy 50s Mobility Scooter Race" 25 fps version and it will exhibit the bug. Seeking anywhere restarts the video. Note that totem will say that it's streaming but it's actually not (the file is fully downloaded, just to be sure I had network manager disable networking and played it).

http://www.mediacollege.com/flash/video/tutorial/example-flv.html

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

I've sent the bug upstream, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440164

[Ujwal Medithi (ujwal10101)]

i have the same problem. i'ts bugging me because i download lots of youtube videos.

[ath (alberto-botti)]

The "gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg_0.10.3-6" package in Hardy fixes the issue. Totem can now seek correctly in Flash Video files for me.

[Bhavani Shankar (bhavi)]

Yes.. with me too problem solved in hardy...

[Alexander (anlazarov)]

I have this problem under Karmic . What do I do then? :S