How do I get 'ugly' gstreamer plugins for i386 on 64 bit?

[Rua]

I'm using a 32-bit program in Mint 13 64 bit that relies on gstreamer and its plugins to play streaming media. The repositories do provide what seems like a 32 bit compatibility library for a subset of formats, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 (alongside gstreamer0.10-plugins-good which is the regular 64 bit library). Unfortunately, I can't find an i386 version of the two other packages, namely gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad and gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly. That last one in particular is needed for mp3 playback, so mp3 streams (which almost all of them are!) will not play in 32 bit programs. Can I install 32 bit versions of those two packages some other way?

[viking777]

Bottom of this page:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/gstr ... ugins-ugly

I can't vouch for the dependencies on this though, they may or may not work, and the version I linked to is for Ubuntu Precise or Mint Maya. There are other versions available if you are using an earlier version.

To install it you will probably need to use

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sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture /address where you stored the download

[Rua]

I got an error:

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Selecting previously unselected package gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386.
(Reading database ... 276694 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 (from gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly_0.10.18.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386:
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on liba52-0.7.4.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libcdio13.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libdvdread4.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libmp3lame0.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libmpeg2-4.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libopencore-amrnb0.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libopencore-amrwb0; however:
  Package libopencore-amrwb0:i386 is not installed.
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libsidplay1; however:
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libtwolame0; however:
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 depends on libx264-120; however:
dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386

[viking777]

I can't say I am surprised.

BTW do you have ia32-libs installed?

If not install it and see if that cures the problem. It is supposed to have various 'magic' properties when it comes to mixing architectures, I am not sure if that includes making gstreamer work though.

[Rua]

Yes I do have it installed. It may work for some things but as far as I know it's being phased out in favour of multi-architecture support. Unfortunately that isn't working yet in this case... :/