totem won't start unless restricted-extras package is installed

[karl anliot]

new install of ubuntu
tried to play a video. didn't work. Gave some message about packages. someone in the help channel said it was because I installed ubuntu without restricted extras.
I tried to launch totem, but totem wouldn't even open without saying stuff about needed software.

to fix this bug, totem should at least give an intelligent error message. I shouldn't have to talk to a developer to figure out why totem won't launch.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: totem 3.0.1-0ubuntu20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 17 01:43:06 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64+mac (20120315)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia)]

Sorry that the report remained quite some time unanswered. What you observed is not the expected behavior, and if you still observe it with the last version of Totem please feel free to reopen the report to investigate it further.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for totem (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]