VCD protocol source plugin not installed

[Jeyaprakash]

Binary package hint: totem

It is not playing *.dat file

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 2 16:44:27 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
Package: totem-gstreamer 2.18.1-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: totem /media/cdrom0
ProcCwd: /home/jp
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux jp-laptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html>. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

 We have instructions on debugging some types of problems. <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures> Thanks!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

[John Doe (jodo-deactivatedaccount)]

The same here. I use Gutsy, with all updates from 07.09.07. What Informations are needed?

[Steve (nimekuwa)]

I have the same problem!

Put a VCD in the drive, Totem launches then gives the error message "VCD protocol source plugin not installed."

I'm also on Gutsy with all updates installed as of today. Totem is 2.19.90 and about shows GStreamer 0.10.14

[Steve (nimekuwa)]

I just tried launching from a terminal to see what additional output there might be:

 totem /media/cdrom0
** Message: Error: A VCD protocol source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.
gstplaybasebin.c(1604): gen_source_element (): /play:
No URI handler for vcd

** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|VCD protocol source|urisource-vcd (VCD protocol source)
no application found
** Message: No installation candidate for missing plugins found.
** Message: Error: A VCD protocol source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.
gstplaybasebin.c(1604): gen_source_element (): /play:
No URI handler for vcd

** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|VCD protocol source|urisource-vcd (ignoring)
** Message: All missing plugins are blacklisted, doing nothing

Hopefully this will help further

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

that's because gstreamer has no vcd code at the moment which is an upstream request

[Steve (nimekuwa)]

thanks for the info maybe I should switch to the xine version.

But until/if the code is forth coming then maybe the totem-gstreamer description should be corrected

A simple media player for the Gnome desktop based on gstreamer
Its features :
 .
    * Play any gstreamer supported file
    * LIRC support
   * Shoutcast, m3u, asx, SMIL and ra playlists support
   * DVD (with menus), VCD and Digital CD (with CDDB) playback

[Shu Hung (Koala) (koalay)]

I have the same problem in my Gutsy Gibbon (7.10).
I've installed all the plugin packages I know include:

 * gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
 * gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
 * gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
 * gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

After all installation and reboot, the same problem still exists.
I started my totem in term and get these messages on run:

=================================================
koala@koala-laptop:~$ totem
sh: jackd: not found
** Message: Error: A VCD protocol source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.
gstplaybasebin.c(1604): gen_source_element (): /play:
No URI handler for vcd

** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|VCD protocol source|urisource-vcd (VCD protocol source)
no application found
** Message: No installation candidate for missing plugins found.
** Message: Error: A VCD protocol source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.
gstplaybasebin.c(1604): gen_source_element (): /play:
No URI handler for vcd

** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|totem|VCD protocol source|urisource-vcd (ignoring)
** Message: All missing plugins are blacklisted, doing nothing
=================================================

I then start totem with strace. The log is very long and is attached here
Hope these are helpful to you.

[Shu Hung (Koala) (koalay)]

To make clear what has happen, this is the procedure to reproduce the problem:

(1) I insert a VCD to my Ubuntu notebook
(2) totem starts automatically.
(3) totem pop-up an error message to me says,
"An error occured -The playback of this movie requires a VCD protocol source plugin which is not installed."

The error message of my last comment and attachment are captured in this problem.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That's not a totem bug, gstreamer doesn't ship a vcd plugin, that will likely be fixed in the hardy cycle

[Shu Hung (Koala) (koalay)]

May I ask when and how this bug could be fixed?
I still can't play VCD on Ubuntu 9.04 now.

[JOHN K. CONSTANCE (klaconstance)]

I AM USING LINUX MINT 9; I TRY TO LOAD A VCD IN ITS MOVIE PLAYER; I GET THIS ERROR: VCD PROTOCOL SOURCE PLUGIN IS NOT INSTALL.
PLEASE HELP ME.