whenever I play a video via vlc or kaffeine and I switch to full screen I get lag. If I move my mouse to show the controls it plays perfectly. How can I fix my full screen playback issues?
What graphics chip/card and driver are in use?
You have 11.4. Right?
And open your terminal and write
su
# zypper lr -d
I want to see also your repos.
I have a HD5650 with the proprietary drivers installed.
output of zypper lr -d:
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+------------------------------+------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | 11.4 - Main Repository (OSS) | 11.4 - Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
2 | 11.4 - VideoLan | 11.4 - VideoLan | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.4/ |
3 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/ |
4 | libdvdcss repository | libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.4/ |
5 | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss |
6 | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
7 | openSUSE-11.4-Update | openSUSE-11.4-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
8 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.4-Debug | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
9 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/ |
10 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
11 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
12 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
13 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
14 | uct_leg_non-oss | uct leg non-oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
15 | uct_leg_oss | uct leg oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
16 | uct_leg_update | uct leg update | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/update/11.4/ |
These repos, In my opinion are useless
14 | uct_leg_non-oss | uct leg non-oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
15 | uct_leg_oss | uct leg oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
16 | uct_leg_update | uct leg update | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/update/11.4/ |
Sorry
But you have pacman repo.
Why do you need and videolan?
11.4 - VideoLan | 11.4 - VideoLan | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.4/
You have the same repos again. Look
repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
11 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
12 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
13 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+------------------------------+------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | 11.4 - Main Repository (OSS) | 11.4 - Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
2 | 11.4 - VideoLan | 11.4 - VideoLan | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.4/ |
3 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/ |
4 | libdvdcss repository | libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.4/ |
5 | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss |
6 | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
7 | openSUSE-11.4-Update | openSUSE-11.4-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
8 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.4-Debug | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
9 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/ |
10 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
11 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
12 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
13 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
14 | uct_leg_non-oss | uct leg non-oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
15 | uct_leg_oss | uct leg oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
16 | uct_leg_update | uct leg update | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/update/11.4/ |
That’s great, but what does that have to do with my issues watching videos at full screen. Now as for the uct repos I have them because where I live I get an international bandwidth cap but no local cap. So I use uct as they are local… still don’t see what this has to do with my repos.
I searched vlc in YaST and didn’t return any results so I downloaded the .ymp file from the website which added that repo… still don’t see how this affects my full screen issues.
So I will uncheck some of the repos… but how does this help me with my video issues?
Not to mention that these issues persist with every media player that I have tried.
Or put another way: What a mess, no wonder the OP is having video problems. There is probably more advice in openSUSE forum about avoiding “repomania”, than any other topic. In particular don’t have the videolan repo enabled when installing/updating multimedia packages from Packman. It avoids mixed sources and incompatibilities. No point in further investigation until that and any other repo clashes are removed. 
You can repair, by having only #3,5,6, and 7 enabled and then doing zypper ref followed by zypper dup (in terminal as root). Then test before adding any thing else.
Okay I have fixed the repo issue and have reinstalled vlc… the problem persists…
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+------------------------------+------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | 11.4 - Main Repository (OSS) | 11.4 - Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
2 | 11.4 - VideoLan | 11.4 - VideoLan | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.4/ |
3 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/ |
4 | libdvdcss repository | libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.4/ |
5 | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss |
6 | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss |
7 | openSUSE-11.4-Update | openSUSE-11.4-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
8 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.4-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
9 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/ |
10 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
11 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
12 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
13 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
14 | uct_leg_non-oss | uct leg non-oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
15 | uct_leg_oss | uct leg oss | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
16 | uct_leg_update | uct leg update | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/opensuse/update/11.4/ |
Yeahhh there is a mess in your repos. Try to remove some of them.
Yeah as you can see I have disabled most of them
Can I assume you did the zypper dup? Afterwards, how did you check that multimedia packages including VLC are from Packman?
yes to the zypper dub and I simply opened YaST2 and did a reinstall of vlc
Sorry but he must remove some of these repos. Repomania as you said consused.
He has disabled most of them which is as good as removal. I don’t know why #1 is still enabled - looks like a duplicate!
As I have written in my post yeahh he has many useless repos.
Yes, but they are disabled.
so how do I fix my issue regarding lag at full screen (this is not only in vlc)?
So it happens on playback of local video with VLC and Kaffeine. What do you mean more precisely by lag? Slow jerky video, or sound not lip-synching with picture?
Also some info re your hardware (ok we got the ATI graphics card), machine type/model, how much main memory, cpu(s) and speed? Assume you are running standard KDE (Kaffeine mentioned). Is hardware acceleration enabled.
I don’t have ATI, but those who do need as much background info as possible, in order to help. Does it work ok on Windows? Have you tried any other graphic drivers, etc.
Proprietary drivers. Ok, I’ll bite … what drivers are those? I know of only one AMD proprietary grapich driver. Which version of the AMD propriatery graphic driver ? The AMD propriatery graphic driver was recently updated. Did you update to the new version ?
Note also AMD claim the new proprietary graphic driver version has only “early look support” for openSUSE-11.4: [Phoronix] AMD Catalyst 11.3 Drops Support For Old X.Org](AMD Catalyst 11.3 Drops Support For Old X.Org - Phoronix)
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