video twinkling

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#1

hello,

new to Suse 11 (and linux), I’ve been trying to play videos with VLC: it plays but it’s twinkling a lot, you can’t watch an entire movie like this… if I try to move another window above VLC, I can still see the video playing and twinkling.
I’ve the same problem exactly with Skype videos.

I’ve been spending quite a lot of time finding out how to install the driver for the ATI radeon x1300 video card for compiz fusion and it works perfectly now. so I hope this is not a driver problem.
the options set for the driver in xorg.conf are the following:
BoardName “Radeon X1300/X1550 Series (RV516 7183)”
Driver “fglrx”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Option “XAANoOffscreenPixmaps” “0x85be9b8”
Option “Capabilities” “0x85ba010”
Option “OpenGLOverlay” “0x85bb9c8”
Option “FSAAScale” “0x84dc318”
Option “FSAAEnable” “0x85bf028”
Option “VideoOverlay” “on”
Option “TexturedVideo” “on”
VendorName “ATI”

thanks for your help

#2

hello,

I’ve tried playing google videos: this works just fine…

so maybe this is only a codec problem (and maybe this post should be under Application then? and should be moved?) but I can’t find the problem. I’ve installed the codec using the 1 click install provided on Opensuse forum. it had a problem with xine-lib VS libxine1, which is the one installed now.

any idea why these divx videos are twinkling?

#3

well, looks like the old Aiglx / video playback problem with compiz running.

for video playback, I’ve found answers in different places and a working one is there:
Desktop Effects interfers with Video playback - openSUSE Forums for xine settings - even if DVD playback quality is quite poor, it doesn’t hurt my eyes anymore.

this unfortunately doesn’t solve Google earth twinkling, and I’ve got to test Skype video again…