Rhythmbox - GStreamer installation missing plug-in

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Hi
I added a new radio station. The link works on other players
When trying to play there is this message: Gstreamer installation is missing a plugin
While I accepted ALL those appearing in the Preferences tab.

Any of you know how to address that ?

Thanks

W

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From what I could gather by doing a quick search, all results pointed to the same: are ubuntu-restricted-extras installed?

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

also try this:

sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly

But first it would be good to take a look here:

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That station may be using a new unrecognized format for the stream ... and may need a new Codec not previously installed ... IF   it is available.

Maybe force re-installation to ensure proper rebuild and any new additions.

Otherwise, you would need to

  • analyze the stream format to determine which is the appropriate Codec for that format,         or

  • if other formats are available for that stream, choose another one which might be recognized from amongst the installed Codecs.

:slight_smile:

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Thanks Claudio
These two install set you suggest tell me that the most recent version is already there
W

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Does it give any other information? Can you try running rhythmbox from a terminal and see if it provides other debug output?

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Thanks guys
I got a new link from the radio station and it now works…so the issue was probably not at Rhythmbox level.
So this request may be ‘out of tune’ now….
W

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