Parole needs H.264 decoder to play this file

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 6 09:45:06 UTC 2015


On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> After today's updates, I get the following error with Parole:
>>>>
>>>> "Parole needs H.264 decoder to play this file.
>>>> It can be installed automatically."
>>>>
>>>> What can I do to fix the problem?
>>>
>>> Let me add that I cannot even get sound on YouTube videos.
>>
>> Now, YouTube videos work just fine.
>>
>> Moreover, my videos can now play with
>>
>> gst-launch playbin2 uri=file:///path/to/file
>>
>> but not with Parole, with which the problem persists. I remember that
>> Parole was one of the today's updates.
>
> I got he problem fixed after
>
> dnf downgrade parole

I have just filed a bug report:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269084

Paul


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