Green screen when playing videos

[Michal Predotka]

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
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
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)

[Michal Predotka (mpredotka)]

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)
o Open a terminal and type "gstreamer-properties". Press Enter.
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 ”

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[mrbean71 (m-marti)]

Same things here using VLC.
Changin output device is a workaround but is a very annoying bug.
I have ati (HD 2400 pro) with proprietary driver