Cannot find video plugin: video/x-gst-fourcc-AVin-Decoder

Question

I try to cut a video in Pitivi and get the following error:

Missing file: video/x-gst-fourcc-AVin-Decoder

The problem: I do not find any plugin with that name. Which plugin solves the problem then?

The output of avconv -i video_filen_ame is

avconv version 0.8.9-6:0.8.9-0ubuntu0.13.10.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the Libav developers
built on Nov  9 2013 19:09:46 with gcc 4.8.1
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '1.mov':
Metadata:
major_brand     : qt  
minor_version   : 537199360
compatible_brands: qt  
creation_time   : 2013-11-12 15:14:31
Duration: 00:02:00.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 115200 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: DV, 1920x1080, 113664 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25k tbn, 25k tbc
Metadata:
  creation_time   : 2013-11-12 15:14:31
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
Metadata:
  creation_time   : 2013-11-12 15:14:31
Stream #0.2(eng): Data: tmcd / 0x64636D74
Metadata:
  creation_time   : 2013-11-12 15:16:08

Solution

Decoding of AVin (AVC-Intra format from Avid) is not supported by gstreamer & not very well or at all by libav. (libavcodec, etc.)

It is supported by recent versions of the real ffmpeg and possibly some apps built off of it.

A sample file that is probably similar to yours is here:

http://samples.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-bugs/trac/ticket524/AVCI50.mov

I can play it fine in a recent mpv that uses ffmpeg, nothing else can handle. So you may need to re-encode it to something Pitivi can deal with.

Comments

[Braiam]

Please add the output of avconv -i video_filen_ame. If avconv is not installed use sudo apt-get install libav-tools.

[Braiam]

Could you upload a sample video?

[Marc]

How? I tried tragtor and handbrake. Both did not work.

[doug]

You should use the real FFmpeg to convert. Precompiled binaries are avail. in either of the links here - ffmpeg.org/download.html If you wish to build your own FFmpeg then this guide is the best one - trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/UbuntuCompilationGuide As far as command to use that should be a new question