After 14.04 update video/totem won't play midi
Solution for Ubuntu 14:04 LTS
- open Synaptic Package Manager;
- type in search:
fluidsynth
; - install plugin
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
; - enjoy.
There is no need to install VLC, because the totem alone works perfectly.
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bruce
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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bruce about 1 year
Prior to the upgrade, I could be on wikipedia and play the 'play' links fine where totem would open a window and have screen graphics go on. Now, after researching, installing VLC and it's extensions, making sure the gnome codec installer is activated, and on and on, all I get is : "The parameters passed to the application had an invalid format. Please file a bug!
The parameters were: --transient-for=16777296 gstreamer|1.0|totem-plugin-viewer|audio/x-midi-event decoder|decoder-audio/x-midi-event" When totem/video opens and I'm not sure whether the bug is being reported or not. Meaning I don't know if APPOrt is active for this as there's no box with a checkmark in it display.
AND the window for totem/video ALWAYS has the sound muted when it opens.
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mchid about 9 yearsYou can run
ubuntu-bug packagename
orubuntu-bug -w
and then click on the offending window. You can also runubuntu-bug PID
replacing the PID and/or packagename variable with the corresponding value. see here askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug and here help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs on reporting bugs. -
mchid about 9 yearsAlso, sometimes you can run into trouble if you have conflicting plugins enabled like vlc and totem. If you have more than one running, disable one or the other.
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Volker Siegel about 9 yearsCould you please rewrite the question so it easyer tounderstand and read? At least to me it is hard to get.
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Valentin over 8 yearsThat worked for me. Now I just VLC to be the predetermined program to open .mid files
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brandizzi over 7 yearsTotem did not play the MIDI file to me. VLC worked, though.
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smac89 almost 6 yearsWow dude nice find. Now both vlc and totem can play
.midi
files. I am 16.04 btw -
Rory O'Kane over 5 yearsTo get Videos/Totem to play MIDIs, without needing to support VLC, all I had to install was the
fluidsynth
package.