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Problem with VLC and standard video player in Ubvuntu

Asked by davidzaq1

Hellom

I have Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell 1500 Vostro.

I have been trying to play videos using VLC and the standard video player which is installed.
For some reason, the video glitches, kind so stops, then moves a little and the stops again. The graphics get distorted
and looks a little strange.
The strange thing is that the sound plays as though the video is running with no problem

I am just wondering what the problem could be and how to fix it.

Thank you.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy vlc

Thanks

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davidzaq1 (david3a9x) said : 		#2

Hello,

Here is the output from the above command:

~$ sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy vlc
[sudo] password for stanw:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: G86M [GeForce 8400M GS]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:f4000000-f7ffffff memory:fa000000-fbffffff ioport:df00(size=128) memory:fea00000-fea1ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
Linux roo2 4.4.0-101-generic #124-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 10 18:29:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
vlc:
  Installed: 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4
  Candidate: 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4
  Version table:
 *** 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4 500
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.2.2-5 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

Thank you for your help

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Have you tried a different video output method in VLC settings

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davidzaq1 (david3a9x) said : 		#4

No, I did not know about them. If I looked at them, I would not know which one to use.
Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Try each one in turn....

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