Won't play certain .ra files

[Tom]

Binary package hint: totem

Media player classic (from the Real Alternative) will play this on a Win98SE machine.

Title of audio sample loads into title bar and an enquiry on properties gives the correct length but the progress indicator permanently displays 0:00/0:00 and there is no sound.

As the file type is not queried, I presume that totem should be able to play it.

Other properties given as AC-3 audio CODEC, Channels: Stereo, Sample rate: 48000 Hz and bitrate: 80kbps.

Any menus opened remain shown in the display pane unless a redraw is forced e.g. by minimising then restoring window.

PC is running a fresh installation of Ubuntu 9.04 from verified alternative CD. No other OS present.

Real video files (.ram) will play as will .rm audio files and other lower sample rate .ra files.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem-gstreamer
Package: totem-gstreamer 2.26.1-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
 * Could you add an example to the bug?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Tom (tom-littlemonster)]

Thanks for the reply.

Refusal to play this file is consistent.

The status bar does indicate that the file is being played.

I could send you one of the files (1.9Mb) as an attachment, if you like, should your files with the same properties fail to show the problem.

[Tom (tom-littlemonster)]

I should stress that I haven't been able to play this file under any circumstances so I doubt there are any specific preconditions for the problem to manifest.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

adding an example to the bug would be useful indeed

[Tom (tom-littlemonster)]

As requested!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

seems to be a gstreamer issue, gst-launch doesn't play the file either.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report Tom , It has been a long time without any comment or a duplicate in this bug report and It is possible that the bug has been fixed. May you please try to reproduce it with the latest Stable Release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal and add the respective comments to the report? You can learn how to get that release at http://www.ubuntu.com/download . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

[Tom (tom-littlemonster)]

Hello Pedro,

Thanks for dropping in on this report.

I'm actually still using 10.10 but I can report that Media Player now plays the file.

I'd mark the bug as solved, however incidentally, but I cannot find a way to do this.

Cheers!

Tom

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks Tom , will close the report.