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Bug 460757 - Black video when Compiz is enabled
Black video when Compiz is enabled
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: totem
Classification: Core
Component: GStreamer backend
2.19.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Maintainer alias for GStreamer component of Totem
Maintainer alias for GStreamer component of Totem
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-07-26 22:06 UTC by Martin Ejdestig
Modified: 2009-07-18 18:42 UTC
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Description Martin Ejdestig 2007-07-26 22:06:31 UTC 
(This might be a GStreamer, Xorg or Xorg-ATI driver bug. Don't know really...)

When running with Compiz in Gutsy, the video in Totem (GStreamer backend) is black. It works in other video players (MPlayer, gst-launch...though gst-lauch has other problems, see bug 460047) with XV enabled.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2007-07-27 08:39:19 UTC 
Which video card? Could you please attach the Device section of your xorg.conf as well please?
Comment 2 Martin Ejdestig 2007-07-27 12:20:52 UTC 
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]"
        Driver          "ati"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Comment 3 Bastien Nocera 2007-07-27 12:25:13 UTC 
You probably need to use the EXA acceleration to avoid this sort of problems, just like with other drivers, as with XAA the driver doesn't have any ways to make sure the video is drawn offscreen.

And EXA probably doesn't work that well, depending on the drivers... Try using EXA for acceleration, and report a bug at freedesktop.org against the driver if it crashes/eats your data.
Comment 4 Martin Ejdestig 2007-07-27 12:35:37 UTC 
Just wondering, why does it work with other players and not Totem? (They all use XV.)
Comment 5 Bastien Nocera 2007-07-27 12:41:03 UTC 
I have no idea. Does it work with gst-launch using playbin?
Comment 6 Martin Ejdestig 2007-07-27 12:44:36 UTC 
Yes, I mentioned bug 460047 in the first comment. :)
Comment 7 Bastien Nocera 2007-07-27 12:45:47 UTC 
Huh, reopening, and pushing to GStreamer. No idea why it would do that...
Comment 8 Bastien Nocera 2009-07-18 18:27:42 UTC 
Does this work now?
Comment 9 Martin Ejdestig 2009-07-18 18:42:54 UTC 
Don't know. Different hardware and compiz just crashes when I try to enable it. Marking as incomplete.