avi video plays on negative colors and off of the totem window

Bug #218462 reported by JP
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #395476: nvidia sets HUE to -1000. Edit Remove
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This bug affects 4 people
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GStreamer
New
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gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Low
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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xine-lib (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: totem

using Ubuntu 7.10
GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin
GStreamer extra plugins

it happens in others players too

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 16 19:52:14 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: totem-gstreamer 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdline: totem file:///media/D%3A/Lost/4x01%20The%20Beginning%20of%20The%20End.avi
ProcCwd: /home/juampi
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=es_CL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux juampi-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 02:46:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-bug
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JP (jpjordandiaz) wrote :
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Andres Herrera (andresh) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

Changed in totem:
status: New → Incomplete
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JP (jpjordandiaz) wrote :

I dont' know....
I've just installed Ubuntu few day ago, and it's plays fine, but when I restarted it, the problem started. I don't remember if it was before or after I made the update. Sorry.

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Sergey Burnevsky (sergey-burnevsky) wrote :

I have the same problem on 8.04. My system is fresh install from 8.04 release disk plus I added all codecs. Video plays in inverse colors in any player. Video card is GeForce 8600 GTS, drivers 169.12+2.6.24.12-16.34

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Sergey Burnevsky (sergey-burnevsky) wrote :

Story is same in 64-bit or 32-bit installations. Removing "proprietary" nvidia drivers makes video play correctly.

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Sergey Burnevsky (sergey-burnevsky) wrote :

I was able to SOLVE the problem on my system. Playing movie in Totem (which was playing in inverse colors) I opened Edit->Options, tab Video and changed value of the last slider, Hue. Video plays in correct colors if slider is set to min or max values, inverse colors are shown if slider is in middle position. One note, initially the hue level (or at least the slider) was set in leftmost position, I just had to move it.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the comments indicate a closed source nvidia driver bug

Changed in totem:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → New
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Josef (josef-svenningsson) wrote :

The same thing happened to me and all the video players started showing negative colors. The fix was to change the hue value in the setting in Totem. I have a an nVidia GeForce 8400M GS graphics card and use the proprietary driver that comes with Ubuntu 8.04.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi jpjordandiaz,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24:
status: New → Incomplete
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Christophe Narbonne (christophe31) wrote :

Same bug with same solution on 8.10 with an VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9600M GT (rev a1) on 64 bit architecture...

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Sridhar Dhanapalan (sridhar) wrote :

Same problem here on Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64. The solution is explained at

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5152874&postcount=6

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Sridhar Dhanapalan (sridhar) wrote :

I am using the proprietary nvidia drivers, so it might be related to that

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Andy Stanford-Clark (andysc) wrote :

Am seeing this too, using Totem Movie Player on a Lenovo T61 ThinkPad with Nvidia proprietary drivers.

This can be fixed by moving the "Hue" slider, as indicated above.

Suggests to me this is a Totem problem, and one which could be fixed.

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Artur Rona (ari-tczew) wrote :

It's not a totem problem. Kaffeine too have negative colors.

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Artur Rona (ari-tczew) wrote :

From 12 comment link is useful.

   1. Open gstreamer-properties (alt+f2, enter gstreamer-properties)
   2. Change to the video tab
   3. Change the default output plugin to "custom"
   4. Place the following command in the bottom box: videobalance hue=-1 ! autovideosink
   5. Close the box and enjoy your now correct colour

It's fix for my problem. Maybe flag "videobalance hue=-1" must be included by default?

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Artur Rona (ari-tczew) wrote :
Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

why did you open a gstreamer bug if the issue is a videodriver one?

Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Artur Rona (ari-tczew) wrote :

So bug #395476 is duplicate of this bug?

Artur Rona (ari-tczew)
Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

why did you reopen the gstreamer task there?

Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in xine-lib (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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