very slow frame rate in fullscreen/maximized

[Omer Akram]

Binary package hint: totem

with totem 2.30.2-0ubuntu2 in Maverick video playback in fullscreen is very slow. works fine if the window is not maximized. CPU usage in all cases is normal

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

This is due to the fact that the Ubuntu devs have recently enabled RGBA transparency in the new version of GTK+. See this IRC chat with bratsche:-

<bilalakhtar> Will RGBA transparency be enabled by default in Maverick? if not, will its support arrive in Maverick?
<bratsche> We're planning to land that in the Meerkat distro within the next two weeks or so. There will likely be bugs (e.g., it's known to crash and slow down totem right now still) but we want to get it landed early.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

gtk was my first guess too :) totem crash is fixed but the slow playback is still there so I guess totem needs some patching not gtk?

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Omer,
If you see the chat session, bratsche says (Its known to crash AND SLOW DOWN totem right now still).

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

This bug is invalid for gtk+2.0 as the patch for this bug should be in totem but not gtk+2.0.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

the change have been reverted so no need ;)