All right, in order to rule out gstreamer or not, please try with gst-launch:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer-tools gst-launch playbin2 uri=file:///home/joe/my-random-media-file.mpeg
All right, in order to rule out gstreamer or not, please try with gst-launch:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer-tools ///home/ joe/my- random- media-file. mpeg
gst-launch playbin2 uri=file: