gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg no longer works in breezy

[Pedro Côrte-Real]

After the last gstreamer update it seems that gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg no longer works. I tried using totem to view an mp4 file and it didn't work. Here's the log:

$ gst-launch filesrc location=ntv004.mp4 ! spider ! autovideosink
RUNNING pipeline ...
ERROR: from element /pipeline0/spider0/ffdec_mpeg40: Internal GStreamer error: pad problem. File a bug.
Additional debug info:
gstpad.c(2562): gst_pad_set_explicit_caps: /pipeline0/spider0/ffdec_mpeg40:
failed to negotiate (try_set_caps with "video/x-raw-yuv, width=(int)320, height=(int)240, framerate=(double)30000, format=(fourcc)I420, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1" returned REFUSED)
ERROR: from element /pipeline0/spider0/ffdec_mpeg40: Internal GStreamer error: negotiation problem. File a bug.
Additional debug info:
gstffmpegdec.c(653): gst_ffmpegdec_negotiate: /pipeline0/spider0/ffdec_mpeg40:
Failed to link ffmpeg decoder (mpeg4) to next element
ERROR: from element /pipeline0/spider0/ffdec_mpeg40: Internal GStreamer error: negotiation problem. File a bug.
Additional debug info:
gstffmpegdec.c(527): gst_ffmpegdec_get_buffer: /pipeline0/spider0/ffdec_mpeg40:
Failed to link ffmpeg decoder to next element
Execution ended after 4 iterations (sum 181031000 ns, average 45257750 ns, min 189000 ns, max 98554000 ns).

** (gst-launch-0.8:2151): CRITICAL **: gst_ffmpegdec_release_buffer: assertion `buf != NULL' failed

[Christian Dröge (christian-d)]

Same problem here on my amd64 install with avi and mp4 files.

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

What's the output of

dpkg -l gstream\* | grep ii

[Pedro Côrte-Real (pedrocr)]

I'm guessing you don't need the package descriptions:

ii gstreamer0.8-alsa 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-audiofile 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-cdparanoia 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-dirac 0.8.11-0ubuntu1
ii gstreamer0.8-dv 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-dvd 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-esd 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-faac 0.8.11-0ubuntu1
ii gstreamer0.8-faad 0.8.11-0ubuntu1
ii gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg 0.8.6-0ubuntu3
ii gstreamer0.8-flac 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-gnomevfs 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-gsm 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-hermes 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-jpeg 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-lame 0.8.11-0ubuntu1
ii gstreamer0.8-mad 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-misc 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-musepack 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-oss 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-plugin-apps 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-plugins-multiverse 0.8.11-0ubuntu1
ii gstreamer0.8-sdl 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-speex 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-theora 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-tools 0.8.11-1ubuntu1
ii gstreamer0.8-vorbis 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-wavpack 0.8.11-0ubuntu1
ii gstreamer0.8-x 0.8.11-0ubuntu5
ii gstreamer0.8-xvid 0.8.11-0ubuntu1

I can play mp4 videos again using the gstreamer plugins in multiverse. I think ffmpeg is still broken though.

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

This sounds a little bit like http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316554

[Pedro Côrte-Real (pedrocr)]

Yes, looks like it and I also noticed that on the NerdTV videos but I think it's any MPEG4 video. And it did work before gstreamer was updated.

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

It may also be a duplicate of bug #2339

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

(note bug #2339 is itself a dup of bug #2311)