Green screen when playing videos
Bug #893356 reported by
Michal Predotka
This bug affects 7 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
For couple days I have green screen when playing videos with Totem. The same problem with VLC.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.35-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 21 21:54:37 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gstreamer0.10
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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I was able to fix this using this guide: http:// ubuntuforums. org/showpost. php?p=2896078& postcount= 2
Quote:
“It is a known bug and there is a workaround by changing the video output device on your video player.
* GStreamer (The default video player in Ubuntu, totem-gstreamer, and any video player that is based on the gstreamer backend) properties" . Press Enter.
o Open a terminal and type "gstreamer-
o Click the Video tab.
o Under Default Video Plugin select "X Window System (No Xv)".
o Click Test to verify that video playback is working (you should be able to see the standard TV testing colour stripes).
o Click Close ”