SL 2.1 8.04 Kubuntu - all gstreamer stuff - no movies

I've read through most of the threads on getting video running under the linux client - still no go.

Have video enabled in preferences - see the movie icon on the bar - res the video player and click on the green arrow - get the screen which blinks once.

Clicking on the play button on the bar quickly reverts to the play button (pause and stop flash once).

Is Kubuntu (KDE) a special case?

Other details:

Nvidia 7600 GS w/ 2 meg ram w/ latest proprietary nvidia drivers; running at just short of ultra resolution - Dual Core Pentium 4, 4 gig ram. DSL connection.

UPDATE:

Runnning SL from a terminal I saw this when I tried to play a movie:

bus_callback:312: GST error: "http://secondlife.com/community/video/trailer_contest_2005/JavierPuff.mov": Not Found


So.... apparently the movie 'available' on the parcel is in fact a bad reference. Is there a good 'test' video I can set my parcel to point at to continue testing?

Getting somewhere...

Found a .mov file of a tutorial which started playing. Yah! But it crashed my client in about 3 seconds. Boo.

So, what do I do now?

OK.

Running SL from a terminal I see the following when I try to watch a movie:

bus_callback:312: GST error: Could not open resource for writing.

I'm getting good ambient sounds and interface feedback noises. And I can play audio.

Tried ALSA and ESD. Same problem.


Is this a 'riights' problem?

Sounds like a hardware issue. Are you normally able to run two different programs at once and hear sound from them both? If not, you should look into a sound device that can handle multiple streams.

Well, the system was running a motherboard-imbedded Intel ICH sound system. Replaced it with a Creative Alive card.

Now it seems to be working properly.


It apparently WAS a hardware problem. Though it did work once for a few seconds, AND I was able to get ambient sounds AND music to play. Something about audio with video broke it.

Anyway, working now.

Thanks.