How can I revert gstreamer back to its obsolete version?

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I did it before using a previous snapshot, but updated gstreamer anyway, and that snapshot has since been overwritten. I don’t know what “Packman” is, so I’m not inclined to brazenly add it to my system, as some other users have advised as a fix. I’d really just like to be able to watch my video library again.

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You can look up the packages in the archives:
http://download.opensuse.org/history/

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gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.26.2-2.1 is still available here

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I tried uninstalling what I have (1.26.3) and installing 1.26.2-2.1, but Software says I still have 1.26.3

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Please show zypper se -si gstreamer-plugins-bad

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Actually, that’s my bad–apparently I needed to reboot, and 1.26.2 installed. However, it seems that my x265 videos are still unable to play.

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AFAIK you cannot play x265 without Packman; how did you play them before the last upgrade?

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Maybe I’m just imagining that I was playing x265 videos but they weren’t actually x265. Is the Packman “essentials” sufficient for this capability?

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The x265 capability is provided by gstreamer-plugins-bad-codecs from Packman Essentials.

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An update, upon trying to enable Packman (following the instructions here (Additional package repositories - openSUSE Wiki), I received this error : “Repository ‘packman’ not found by its alias, number, or URI.”, after adding the repo

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Show your repo list via zypper lr -d
If you added the packman essentials repo you need to use “packman-essentials” when trying to use the repo in a command. The wiki explains the different commands quite clearly.

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Sorry, I’m slow and just a little dumb. I had entered the command for the full set, not the essentials.

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It seems that enabling this repo did not fix whatever is preventing my x265 videos from playing.

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Enabling is not enough, you need to install gstreamer-plugins-bad-codecslike:

zypper in gstreamer-plugins-bad-codecs
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Does this supercede the other gstreamer plugin from OpenSuse? I installed what you suggested (and rebooted) and still can’t play x265 videos

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Please show:

zypper se -si gstreamer-plugins-bad

and what do you use to play those videos?

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Ah good question. I was using Videos. I just tried VLC and Celluloid and they both worked. :man_facepalming:

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