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Description of problem: Installing libavcodec-freeworld doesn't cause GStreamer to "notice" H.264 playback capability. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gstreamer1-plugin-libav-1.22.8-1.fc38.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1 Ensure only libavcodec-free is installed and not hardware decoding is available: dnf remove libavcodec-freeworld ffmpeg-libs gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 2. rm .cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.*.bin 3. Try playing a H.264 video using e.g. clapper -> black image 4. Install libavcodec-freeworld 5. Try playing H.264 video again -> still black image 6. rm .cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.*.bin 7. Try playing H.264 video again -> plays fine Actual results: With gstreamer1-plugin-libav and libavcodec-free (no H.264 decoding capability) installed, installing libavcodec-freeworld doesn't cause GStreamer to notice it can play H.264 now and the video stream is missing (black) until user gstreamer plugin cache is rebuilt. Expected results: H.264 playback works immediately after installing libavcodec-freeworld, without manually removing gstreamer plugin cache. Additional info: This was reported on Discourse: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/totem-h-265-no-video-only-audio-problem/100818/2 .
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This is still an issue on rawhide.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 42 development cycle. Changing version to 42.
I wonder if it would be enough to use: if [ -d /usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0 ] ; then touch /usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0 fi In libavcodec-freeworld, in order to force update any end-user cache ?
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Actually this is no longer reproducible on F44. $ rpm -q gstreamer1-plugin-libav gstreamer1-plugin-libav-1.28.3-1.fc44.x86_64 gst-play-1.0 h264-movie.mp4 shows no video without libavcodec-freeworld, but installing it makes the video play fine without removing gstreamer plugin cache. I haven't re-tested on F43 yet.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 45 development cycle. Changing version to 45.