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Trying to play any .wmv file in Totem gives the following error:

(totem:2491): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_structure_new_empty: assertion 'gst_structure_validate_name (name)' failed Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Restricted extras are installed, and I've also tried removing any .gstreamer config files from my home directory. Any ideas how to fix this?

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  • Why on earth would you want to use Totem? You can install VLC player from Ubuntu repositories and also xine together with xine-ui (sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc and if you want to sudo apt-get install xine xine-ui gxine) and you can play almost any video file format with either of these 2 LITE video players. Totem is heavy package dude!
    – Taz D.
    Oct 11, 2014 at 8:15
  • I prefer its simple interface. VLC also doesn't play .wmv's for me anyway.
    – bak202
    Oct 11, 2014 at 8:43
  • If it's a simple interface that you need then I suggest you install Gstreamer 1.0 from the developers page. Run sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0* after adding the ppa to your software sources list. The command for launching Gstreamer 1.0 is present in /usr/bin/gst-play-1.0. When opening a video file, choose Open With and select /usr/bin/gst-play-1.0. It goes fullscreen, you can pause it, and it will play your wmv files.
    – Taz D.
    Oct 11, 2014 at 9:08
  • I am not sure that Open With was a wise suggestion for opening local video files with Gstreamer 1.0. It works best in a terminal window where you can use a code like gst-play-1.0 [path to the file]
    – Taz D.
    Oct 11, 2014 at 18:10

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