After 14.04 update video/totem won't play midi

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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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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • bruce
    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.

    • mchid
      mchid about 9 years
      You can run ubuntu-bug packagename or ubuntu-bug -w and then click on the offending window. You can also run ubuntu-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
      mchid about 9 years
      Also, 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.
  • Volker Siegel
    Volker Siegel about 9 years
    Could you please rewrite the question so it easyer tounderstand and read? At least to me it is hard to get.
  • Valentin
    Valentin over 8 years
    That worked for me. Now I just VLC to be the predetermined program to open .mid files
  • brandizzi
    brandizzi over 7 years
    Totem did not play the MIDI file to me. VLC worked, though.
  • smac89
    smac89 almost 6 years
    Wow dude nice find. Now both vlc and totem can play .midi files. I am 16.04 btw
  • Rory O'Kane
    Rory O'Kane over 5 years
    To get Videos/Totem to play MIDIs, without needing to support VLC, all I had to install was the fluidsynth package.