Can't play wma, wmv or 3gp files

Question

Since I installed ubuntu 14.04 I can no longer play wmv, wma or 3gp files with any player ( gxine - vlc - totem - etc.)

I have installed Ubuntu restricted extras and ffmpeg.

My friends, I found the solution, and the solution is remove all gstreamer packages, then reinstall it.

Solution 1

I have the same problem with Xubuntu 14.04, too. Solution above didn't work for me. The only workaround I found was to play wmv files using mplayer from terminal (since skinned version fails to load).

Like mplayer [filename]

Hope it helps.

EDIT: found out, that XBMC can play wmv files as well.

Solution 2

I had same problem with VLC in Ubuntu 14.04 . and solved the problem by:

1] install last ubuntu-restricted-extras -> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

2] Then upgrade vlc -> sudo apt-get upgrade vlc

Solution 3

I had a similar issue.

Deleting the ~/.gstreamer-0.10 solved the issue. You may need to logout and in again.

Comments

[Admin]

do you get any kind of error or what? did you try to play it with default rhythmbox?

[Admin]

I have this problem too, I can not play rmvb files with any media player, in ubuntu the error I got is postimg.org/image/48ul2doq3

[Admin]

No error message just crash.

[Erick]

XBMC worked for me thanks. I need a solution for rhythmbox and vlc.