Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> andy wrote:
>> I am attempting to play a video file, but the image is just varying
>> shades of blue. I had this once before and logged out and back in,
>> which cleared it temporarily. However, now it has come back again.
>> This is despite the mediaplayer I am using - kaffeine or mplayer or
>> vlc. What do I look for to even debug it?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> A
>>
>
> It could be a hardware issue. Try changing the video output driver to
> a software based one (`-vo x11 -zoom' in mplayer should do) and see if
> it helps.
>
> Alternatively, you can try playing from a newly created user account
> to check if it has anything to do with your configuration setup.
>
Hi Raj
Yes, this *does* help. Now, how would I make this the default for apps
like vlc xine kaffeine and all of the rest? I guess that it is a
question of setting this up as a system default. Any ideas?
Cheers
Andy
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