Totem Totem is an application for playing videos. You can use it to watch movies or stream media from the Internet. Playing media Adjust speed — Change the playback rate of a movie. Adjust volume — Increase or decrease the volume of a movie. Change video size and aspect ratio — Adjust the aspect ratio to correct its proportions. Channels — Channels. Navigation — Navigate while playing media. Select language — Change the movie language. Subtitles — Manually select subtitles for the played movie. Watch a DVD or VCD — Play media files from DVD or VCD. Watch a video — Open a file in Totem. Advanced options File properties — View the properties of a played video file. Preferences and additional features — Configure audio and video output and plugins. Screenshot gallery — Create a number of screenshots from a movie. Screenshots — Take a screenshot from a video. Troubleshooting Cannot play Audio CDs — This is not supported. Cannot play a certain file format — See what file formats are supported. Problem with loading subtitles — I cannot load subtitles. Track down other video problems — How to get debug information for a bug report.