[solved] error: 'gstreamer': not found in sync db

ninjaprawn · 2010-02-10 23:13:28

hi, i just did an -Syu and now i cant play videos with vlc!! it cant find the decoder!! For some reason, pacman cant find any gstreamer packages in the repos!!

how do i solve this??

[root@ArchLinux danny]# pacman -Ss gst
[root@ArchLinux danny]# pacman -Sy gstreamer
:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
gstreamer package not found, searching for group...
error: 'gstreamer': not found in sync db
[root@ArchLinux danny]#
[root@ArchLinux danny]# pacman -Qs gstreamer
local/gstreamer0.10 0.10.25-1
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework
local/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.25-1
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.25-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins (gst-plugins-base)
local/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.9-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
    Gstreamer FFMpeg Plugin
local/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.17-2
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins 0.10.17-2 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins (gst-plugins-good)
local/gstreamer0.10-python 0.10.17-1
    Python bindings for GStreamer 0.10
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.13-3
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins 0.10.13-3 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
    GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins (gst-plugins-ugly)
[root@ArchLinux danny]#

Last edited by ninjaprawn (2010-02-11 20:49:03)

wonder · 2010-02-10 23:19:19

because the actual name is gstreamer0.10. the only thing that is missing is gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins and you might want to install them.

ninjaprawn · 2010-02-11 08:50:06

wonder wrote:

because the actual name is gstreamer0.10. the only thing that is missing is gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins and you might want to install them.

hmmmmmm, I don't know? surely, if I do pacman -Ss gst, it should be listed from the repo in the output then?? As you can see from my first post, it isn't!!

wonder · 2010-02-11 11:37:43

try changing mirrors and o pacman -Syyu

ninjaprawn · 2010-02-11 20:49:43

wonder wrote:

try changing mirrors and o pacman -Syyu

thanks, the double y did it in 2 years of arch, i have never done that before!

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#1 2010-02-10 23:13:28

[solved] error: 'gstreamer': not found in sync db

#2 2010-02-10 23:19:19

Re: [solved] error: 'gstreamer': not found in sync db

#3 2010-02-11 08:50:06

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#4 2010-02-11 11:37:43

Re: [solved] error: 'gstreamer': not found in sync db

#5 2010-02-11 20:49:43

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