Totem on Ubuntu – not starting up
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- Problem
- Totem on Ubuntu won't start up properly. Error message:
Totem could not startup Resource busy or not available.
- Solution
-
- Run
gstreamer-properties
- Go to tab "Video"
- Under "Default Sink", select "SDL" or "XWindows (no xv)"
- Run
- Explanation
- I actually don't know why this works.
- Resources
- Original solution: Español
Anonymous says:
I recommend the totem-xine packages as it has more supported files. simply install totem-xine, on the command line you need to remove totem-gstreamer first