Cannot read video Matlab 2014b Linux!

I am trying to read a h264 video in Matlab Ubuntu 14.10 using VideoReader, and i get an error.

"Could not read file due to an unexpected error. Reason: Unable to initialize the video obtain properties"
Error in VideoReader (line 172)
            obj.init(fileName);

I have the codecs installed as i can play the file from Ubuntu player. Does some one experienced some thing like that. By the way the files are from GoPro and Android camera.

[Nima Tajbakhsh]

I have the same problem, Have you found the fix?

[Pepe Mandioca]

Exactly the same error. It seems wierd that the error is in line 617 of VideoReader,

    try
       obj.VideoReaderImpl = audiovideo.mmreader(fullName);
    catch exception
       VideoReader.handleImplException( exception );
    end

But audiovideo.mmreader(fullName) is a deprecated object. Indeed:

        function obj = mmreader(fileName, varargin)
            error(message('MATLAB:audiovideo:mmreader:mmreaderToBeRemoved'));
        end

Answer 1

[vicky]

ffmpeg had removed repo of Ubuntu, instead of libav. you should add ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

source - http://askubuntu.com/questions/432542/is-ffmpeg-missing-from-the-official-repositories-in-14-04

[Pepe Mandioca]

Adding ffmpeg didn't work for me.

[Or Shamir]

for me neither, nor did installing gstreamer libraries. No solution yet?

[HAOJUN JIANG]

me neither

Answer 2

[tang chuangao]

sudo apt-get install libgstreamer0.10-dev gstreamer-tools gstreamer0.10-tools gstreamer0.10-doc
sudo apt-getinstall gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse

At last,restart.

[Walter Roberson]

Should the "apt-getinstall" in the second line be two words like it is on the first line?