Parole needs H.264 decoder to play this file

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 4 17:32:09 UTC 2015


On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 6:10 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

Paul


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