video player blank window with SiS chipset

[Nick Kamenyitzky]

just install totem-xine (and remove totem-gstreamer)
that way it all works perfectly



Andy wrote:

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