video player blank window with SiS chipset

[Andy]

Fabio wrote:
> |> | However, there's no video output from Totem - whether from a video file
> |> | (only sound plays) or an audio file (no "gorm" visualization). All I
> |> get
> |> | is a black window.
> |>
> |> Do other players show the same file on your machine? Can you try with
> |> xine (you might need to install it from universe)
> |
> |
> | I can find libxine1 in universe, but not xine-ui.
> 
> that's strange..
> dpkg -p xine-ui
> [SNIP]
> Filename: pool/universe/x/xine-ui/xine-ui_0.99.1-1_i386.deb

Sorry - operator incompetence :( - it is there of course.

Just loaded it and it works fine. Videos play no problem (except ones 
which need an unsupported codec of course - I haven't loaded any 
additional codecs).

> I would prefer to know if it is a player problem on a xserver problem.
> 
> I guess that would be a perfect start ;)

Well - I guess it's a player problem! With some files Totem plays the 
sound but no video, others it hangs altogether. I can give you details 
of the files (or send them to you) if that helps.

If you think this is better transferred to bugzilla, I'll do so - 
otherwise I'm happy to pursue it on the list. Since Xine works I can 
play media so it's not a problem for me but I guess you'd like to track 
the bug down? I'm impressed with Ubuntu so far and if I can be of help 
in tracking down bugs I'll do what I can.

Cheers

Andy