Same problem here. Video playback in VLC flickers badly when Desktop Effects are turned on.
ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel Q9550 CPU Kubuntu 8.10
Meanwhile I'm using the Toggle-Compositing Plasmoid http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=78299 to disable Desktop Effects before watching video files.
Same problem here.
Video playback in VLC flickers badly when Desktop Effects are turned on.
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Intel Q9550 CPU
Kubuntu 8.10
Meanwhile I'm using the Toggle-Compositing Plasmoid http:// kde-look. org/content/ show.php? content= 78299 to disable Desktop Effects before watching video files.