mkv files report gstreamer backend error

[Kev Bowring]

Playing some video files - especially mkv files sees:

parole report gstreamer backend error

and

totem report Internal Data Stream error

Grabbed http://trailers.divx.com/divx_prod/profiles/WiegelesHeliSki_DivXPlus_19Mbps.mkv to test.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: parole 0.8.1-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-10.11-generic 4.9.0-rc8
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Dec 14 21:58:13 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-11 (186 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160611)
SourcePackage: parole
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Seems to work fine for me on Zesty. Probably a missing gstreamer plugin. Can you try installing these and then confirming whether it works?

gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr

[Kev Bowring (flocculant)]

Installed gstreamer packages:

ii gstreamer1.0-alsa:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 3.0.22-1 amd64 Clutter PLugin for GStreamer 1.0
ii gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3:amd64 0.10.32.debian-1 amd64 Fluendo mp3 decoder GStreamer 1.0 plugin
ii gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64 1.10.3-1 amd64 libav plugin for GStreamer
ii gstreamer1.0-nice:amd64 0.1.13-2 amd64 ICE library (GStreamer plugin)
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu2 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu2 amd64 GStreamer faad plugin from the "bad" set
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu2 amd64 GStreamer videoparsers plugin from the "bad" set
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii gstreamer1.0-tools 1.10.3-1 amd64 Tools for use with GStreamer
ii gstreamer1.0-x:amd64 1.10.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango

[Kev Bowring (flocculant)]

Unable to replicate this bug on a default install - assuming it to be some issue with local install of xubuntu.