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Video playback problem in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Asked by mclife

Hello guys,

i run the latest version of Ubuntu on a toshiba laptop Satellite 2410, with NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go 32M. All the updates regarding codecs are made and i have tried many video players to play my avi files.
Problem:
        The picture in the video playback appears to be "broken" in two or three parts which can be distinguished one from another but all of them form the picture. Basically the separation is horizontal. The sound is perfect and the fps is perfect. I think it is a codec problem. Maybe i should uninstall some of them (which?) and reinstall.
        If anyone could help about this problem i would be very grateful.

thank you in advance

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Gord Allott (gordallott) said : 		#1

it sounds like a driver problem really. do you have restricted drivers installed? (system -> adminstration -> hardware drivers)
try going to system -> preferences -> multimedia systems selector and setting your video output to 'XWindow system (no xv)' and then playing your video file in Totem movie player

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mclife (pkrmcl) said : 		#2

Thank you very much for your answer. I am currently at work so i will try your suggestion later. Restricted drivers are installed, so what you mention above might be a good solution for my problem. I will le you know.

regards

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mclife (pkrmcl) said : 		#3

ok it is solved
thanks Gord Allott