I have exactly the same problem here, after installing Herd 5 anew via netboot. The url below plays in mplayer 1.0rc1 but not in totem:
totem "http://playervideo.globo.com/webmedia/GMCMidiaASX?midiaId=654705|banda=N|ext.asx" ** Message: Couldn't initialize lirc. ** Message: Error: Could not connect to this stream gstmms.c(317): gst_mms_start (): /play/source -- Totem cannot play ASF Video https://launchpad.net/bugs/93415 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs