Default media player (audio and video) for the GNOME computer desktop environment.
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Hotkeys for Totem in Ubuntu 12.04
I'm looking for a way to control the playback of Totem Movie Player even when I'm not focused on the window itself. I have done it with VLC using the instructions on the following link: ...
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13.04 stopped playing streams in Rhythbox and totem
The stream does not play in Rhythmbox nor totem. It played fine before the upgrade; it looks like a regression from an earlier report about the same. The streams play in mplayer and play fine when ...
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Totem “playing” icon
Since upgrading to 13.04, Totem (videos) now shows a big white "Play" icon when going from paused video to playing. How do I disable this "facility"?
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How to repair videos?
Videos' size became 0byte. I don't know what happened. But some of the videos work, those recently played became 0byte.
On Totem says: Stream contains no data.
And on other player they don't play ...
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How to stop a (video)stream in Totem?
I've found a stream which won't play on VLC (otherwise my standard player), but will do so in TOTEM (playing not in browser but externally).
I'm a bit puzzled about the non-existant STOP-Button in ...
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1answer
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How to solve mkv video problem on 12.04
I have a problem with playing mkv file on my laptop.
I installed driver and working well.
mkv file is full HD (1080p) and my pc is hd (720p). I opened it on totem. it is screenshot.
i opened also ...
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1answer
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How to fix Totem's “Invalid Commandline” error?
Whenever I attempt to play a video (or an audio file) with Totem I get the following error:
"totem invalid commandline The parameters passed to the application had an invalid format. Please file a ...
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Screen flashes when starting totem
When I start totem 3.0.1 the screen flashes when it fully loads, I have tried an updated version of totem and it doesn't do this. I was wondering why the default version on 12.04 does this?
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What Does Totem's Thumbnailer Do with MP3s?
I copied a ton of MP3s onto a USB stick tonight and noticed:
I couldn't umount because totem-video-thumbnailer was busy processing the MP3s and
Each file was taking forever to process and
No network ...
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DVD pausing - Buffer I/O error
This is not the first time that it happens. When I'm watching a DVD on Ubuntu, after sometime, it starts pausing. The CPU goes 100% (wa). I get these messages on syslog:
sr 0:0:1:0: [sr0] Result: ...
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1answer
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Piping multiple audio files to totem media player
My gf likes the Beatles so I placed a couple of tracks on my harddisk ...
Beatles - Here Comes The Sun.mp3
Beatles - If I Fell.mp3
Beatles - Tell me why.mp3
Beatles - Things we said today.mp3
... ...
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Suddenly got weird colors in mkv movies
Suddenly I got weird colors in mkv movies in both VLC and Totem on Ubuntu 11.10. The sound is ok.
Anybody know what is the problem and how to fix it.
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Totem streams only certain video from iphone
I recently installed a plug-in for Totem movie player. This allows the app to receive and play AirPlay-streamed video from iphone to totem player: ...
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0answers
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Totem losing sound after a few seconds of playing
After starting Totem in Ubuntu 12.10 (playing an .MTS file), it starts out playing just fine, but after about 3 seconds the sound goes away. No clue at all what is happening. .MPG files play just ...
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3answers
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How do I get the Preferences option in Totem 3.6 on Ubuntu 12.10?
I have upgraded my Ubuntu 12.10 with the GNOME 3 PPA (ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3). This has updated Totem to version 3.6.2. Since GNOME 3.6 has introduced its own global menus, I cannot find the ...
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340 views
How to play back multiple videos, stopping after each one?
I want to watch a number of trailers and make notes inbetween each one. So, instead having them play one after the other without stopping, I want each one to automatically stop once it's done, and ...
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Distortion when I watch movies on vlc in full screen [closed]
Whenever I use vlc player or the default Movie Player for some reason when I go full screen it goes either black and plays sound or it goes white with the picture in the top left corner but I can't ...
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How can I clear the recent files from the movie player menu in 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete totem’s history?
How do I delete the entire history (Recently Used Items) in the dash?
In 12.04 Live-USB, I use Movie Player to watch movie or music ...
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0answers
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Totem: How to change playlist contents' name?
I added several online radio feeds to Totem playlist, but what is displayed on the sidebar are the names of the songs that were playing when it was added to the playlist instead of the radio's name.
...
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reinstalling totem 3.0.1 from source
I have totem 3.0.1 installed on my system, but I wish to install from source the same and when I do so i am presented with the following dependency errors. How can this be possible?
I was thinking ...
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1answer
83 views
Audio playback: part of song is skipped
I am experiencing some problems with music playback after upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10.
Basically some of the songs stop playing after some time as if the song has ended. It's always the same songs and ...
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0answers
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Totem crashes immediately after startup in 12.10 [closed]
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 and did sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get update.
Then I installed ubuntu-restricted-extras, audacious and vlc from Software Center. After that I tried ...
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how to repair ubuntu package catalog? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f ...
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Is text and ogg file thumbnailing available outside of Nautilus?
I use Ubuntu 12.04 and in Nautilus I can see thumbnails of several files including ogg (with embedded artwork) and text files, just like in this screenshot:
It's a nice feature.
I can't see ogg ...
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0answers
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Some thumbnail previews not displaying [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can’t generate video thumbnails in Nautilus [Ubuntu 12.04]
I'm running 12.04 and have noticed that the only thing that displays a thumbnail preview are image files and ...
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1answer
84 views
How can I change the look of Totems buttons,(Play,pause,etc)
I was wondering if it is possible to change the look of totems play pause buttons I really dislike the look of them they don't really match up...Is there a config file I must edit to make them look as ...
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Why isn't VLC the default video player?
Why does Ubuntu come with Totem set as default? Is there a reason or am I just wrongly assuming everybody thinks Totem is actually inferior to VLC?
Edit: not to mention VLC is vastly known as perhaps ...
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How to make chrome play .pls files?
When I go on this site and click on a radio, Chrome just downloads a .pls file. I would like to make it just play the radio in Chrome. How can I do this? Thank you!
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3answers
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How to install latest version of Totem Movie Player? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I get the latest version of Totem?
The one thing I've found in Ubuntu is how the default apps are not usually or easily updated. Apps like Rhythmbox and Totem ...
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2answers
289 views
How do I prevent totem and other programs from logging all recently played files?
This is a frustrating problem, is there any way to prevent totem from logging all of the files I watch? The same goes with picture viewer.
Under Dash -> Privacy, I've turned off logging and disabled ...
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3answers
2k views
Way to make video-thumbnails generate from VLC instead of Totem?
I'm suffering from problem that video-thumbnails do not appear in nautilus for some video files. I just found this bug typefinding: some mpeg files are not identified as mpeg files which seems to ...
4
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1answer
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HUD keeps popping up when watching movie in movie player
When I watch a movie in Movie Player, the HUD pops up every 8 minutes or so. I am not touching the keyboard or the mouse at all. Alt makes the bar go away, and then 7-8 minutes later, it pops up ...
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2answers
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Totem won't stream media files
I am unable to stream mp3's (and other media formats) from totem. I'm not sure when this started happening but I know this used to work via firefox plugin, but since then I've done an in-place ...
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1answer
683 views
Why did totem stop supporting DLNA?
Argh, I’ve been watching all my videos over my network for years, now what do I do?
Seems like a backwards move, as even my new TV can now play video off my dlna server.
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Cannot play any video on epiphany
I have installed the EPIPHANY WEB BROWSER developed by GNOME
But the problem i face is i cannot see any video on it..!!
No flash content is displayed either.
Only a window showing TOTEM player ...
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Can't install Totem on 12.04
After upgrading to 12.04, not only has totem been uninstalled against my will and without my notice, but I cannot install it.
When I try to install it through the commandline, I get the following ...
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Totem not working Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
I can't play videos with totem:
(totem:19143): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Read/writable property 'object' on class 'ZeitgeistDpPlugin' has type 'TotemObject' which is not exactly equal to the type ...
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Totem was deleted in upgrade process and now it have unmet dependencies [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
What can I do to solve this problem?
Error:
totem: Depends: libnautilus-extension1a (>= 1:2.91) but 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 must be ...
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1answer
389 views
Totem controls cannot be seen in fullscreen mode [closed]
While playing videos using totem, the controls (as well as the mouse pointer) cannot be seen while switching to the fullscreen mode. However, if you hit "space", the video pauses and the controls ...
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7answers
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Totem not playing certain videos in 12.04
The videos that work properly in 10.04 are not working in 12.04.
haris@psycho:~/music$ file Captain\ Tsubasa\ 2\ NES\ -\ 21\ -\ Coimbra_s\ Theme.mp4
Captain Tsubasa 2 NES - 21 - Coimbra_s ...
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1answer
524 views
How to watch High quality youtube videos in movie player (totem)?
I can watch you-tube videos in movie player by using you-tube plug-in for movie player but I need to watch videos in high quality .
Thanks
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How to play shockwave flash? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Compatible version of “Adobe Shockwave Player?”
Is there any workaround for Adobe Shockwave flash, I mean a plugin for Firefox, Totem or something like that. ...
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2answers
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Is there a way to have only controllers in Totem?
What I want is to have only controllers without video window. Is it possible?
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3answers
1k views
How to change Totem buffer size?
I've seen some suggestions by using gconf-editor but it doesn't seem to work anymore. The option may have been removed (see).
Is there another way to increase Totem buffer size so when I see a ...
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0answers
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Ubuntu TV and DSTv [closed]
I think that Canonical should partner up with DSTv, and produce set-top boxes (decoders) with Ubuntu TV preinstalled. It probably would not be open-source but as long as it introduces the user to ...
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1answer
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Can I connect totem/mplayer with my multimedia library as the default player?
I am a huge fan of totem and mplayer and prefer their sound to other applications. I want to setup my multimedia library in such a way that when I play any multimedia file it should be played in ...
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3answers
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How can I launch multiple instances of Totem since 11.10?
Since Ubuntu 11.10, I can't use the --no-existing-session parameter that is used to launch multiple instances of Totem, because it has been removed from newest versions of Totem.
Is there a new way ...
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1answer
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Totem crashes after continuous usage [closed]
This is hard to explain and I'm unsure if it is a bug.
If I watch many different video files in a continuous (non-stop) manner, totem eventually causes a system freeze. At first, it says there is a ...
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1answer
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Totem fails at start (totem:3808), after activating dbus plugin
I am using Ubuntu 11.10; Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic with Gnome 3.2.1
Yesterday I was browsing through the totem plugins and accidentally hit activate on the dbus plugin.
When I started Totem ...
4
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1answer
297 views
Have Movie Player always stay on-top of other windows
Is there a way to make the movie player to stay on-top while switching windows?
