Can't play an OGV file

[Pasi Lallinaho]

When I try to play an .ogv file, I get the following error:

Gstreamer backend error
Configured videosink video is not working.

I'm on Xubuntu 13.04 and Parole 0.5.0 and I have all the extra codecs as well as xubuntu-restricted-extras installed.

The file that refused to play is http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/graphics/blender/apricot/trailer/sintel_trailer-480p.ogv

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1155151

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

After running 'parole --xv false' Parole is able to play the video file again.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)]

The linked OGV file cannot be found anymore. Nevertheless, can you confirm that this issue still exists in newer Xubuntu releases?

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

In VirtualBox, with 14.04 and latest updates installed as of today, trying to play the same file gives me the following error in console:

"Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel"

and throws an error dialog with:

"Gstreamer backend error
Could not initialise Xv output"

Again, after running "parole --xv false" once, the file is played.

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

The original file is available at http://www.freedesktop.org/software/gstreamer-sdk/data/media/

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Parole 1.0.0 introduced a new "automatic" video sync, eliminating the Xv output error in Virtualbox. This release was included in 18.04.