The error is this one (added for positioning this guide at Google to make it more accessible)

Exception
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Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/usr/share/emesene/Controller.py”, line 424, in on_login_successful
self.sound = Sound.SoundHandler(self, self.msn, action=None)

File “/usr/share/emesene/Sound.py”, line 137, in __init__
self.sound = Sound(self.theme)

File “/usr/share/emesene/Sound.py”, line 56, in __init__
self.player = gst.element_factory_make(“playbin”, “player”)

ElementNotFoundError: playbin

Exception
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Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/usr/share/emesene/TreeViewTooltips.py”, line 177, in show_tooltip
self._get_last_status_since(obj.email))

File “/usr/share/emesene/TreeViewTooltips.py”, line 252, in _get_last_status_since
logger = self.view.controller.pluginManager.getPlugin(“Logger”)

AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘getPlugin’

Plus, this ones when openning preferences panel.

Exception

AttributeError: ‘Controller’ object has no attribute ‘sound’

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Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/usr/share/emesene/TreeViewTooltips.py”, line 177, in show_tooltip
self._get_last_status_since(obj.email))

File “/usr/share/emesene/TreeViewTooltips.py”, line 252, in _get_last_status_since
logger = self.view.controller.pluginManager.getPlugin(“Logger”)

AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘getPlugin’

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Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/usr/share/emesene/MainMenu.py”, line 469, in on_preferences_activate
self.config, self.controller.mainWindow).show()

File “/usr/share/emesene/PreferenceWindow.py”, line 162, in __init__
self.sounds_page = SoundsPage(self.config, self.controller)

File “/usr/share/emesene/PreferenceWindow.py”, line 2316, in __init__
self.handler = self.controller.sound

For fixing just write this at the terminal:

sudo apt-get install rygel-gst-renderer

Now enjoy the best messenger-a-like application