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hello a have some troubles with my movie players, the video become unstable i tried with vlc and Totem movie player both present the same proble the video is unstable ...
  1. 01-27-2009 #1
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    hello a have some troubles with my movie players, the video become unstable i tried with vlc and Totem movie player both present the same proble the video is unstable like blinking any advise on how to resolve that and have an stable video picture

    my machine is a Toshiba Satellite A215 s4747

    This is the lspci command output meaby it can help to find the solution

    Code:
    00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
14:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
1a:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
1a:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
1a:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
1a:04.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
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    Have you installed ATI proprietary driver? Whats the output of this
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    grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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    well ubuntu recognize my video card and install some driver i am not shure but it says that is using it as a restricted device on my side i didn't install any driver for the video i will pos now the output of the command that you wrote
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    Have you installed ATI proprietary driver? Whats the output of this
    Code:
    grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    ?
    This is the output

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    Driver  "fglrx"
    my video card works great with everiting with the flash player, compiz fusion but when i want to see any movie or any video through a movie player the player start blinking note just the player blinks not the desktop
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    Compiz some times interferes with OpenGL applications and movies, so try disabling it before you play a movie.
    You can disable it from System->Preferences->Appearance on the Visual Effects tab.

    A better way is to install fusion-icon
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install fusion-icon
    After it is installed you can find it in Applications->System Tools. When you run it, an icon will appear on the upper system bar on the right side.Select window manager->metacity and the effects are disabled. Select compiz and it is enabled again.
    To have it starting at boot, go to System->Preferences->Sessions click add and in the command field put
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    fusion-icon --no-start
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    Quote Originally Posted by L4Linux View Post
    Compiz some times interferes with OpenGL applications and movies, so try disabling it before you play a movie.
    You can disable it from System->Preferences->Appearance on the Visual Effects tab.

    A better way is to install fusion-icon
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install fusion-icon
    After it is installed you can find it in Applications->System Tools. When you run it, an icon will appear on the upper system bar on the right side.Select window manager->metacity and the effects are disabled. Select compiz and it is enabled again.
    To have it starting at boot, go to System->Preferences->Sessions click add and in the command field put
    Code:
    fusion-icon --no-start

    Thanks this works for me now i can enjoy a full movie without any blinking picture
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