Videos are glitchy

[x-dog]

I am using 11.10 when I try to watch a movie the movie keeps jumping or lagging I have a quad core amd with MB radeon graphics card. If I boot into windows it runs fine. I have tried using vlc and dragon player and both give the same effect. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

[OneLine]

Re: Videos are glitchy

Documents: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3104843.0


Hardware

Your hardware ?
Is it detected right ?
Are you using the open source or proprietary drivers
Are the log's clean ?
What is the CPU load ?


Ubuntu User Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community
--> Video: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video


Xorg.0.log is log file for X Windowing Server. It is in /var/log/.

K > Applications > System > System Log Viewer

Just looking errors - konsole:

:~$ grep "(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Just looking warnings - konsole:

:~$ grep "(WW)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

CPU load: Press: Ctrl+ Esc.

Konsole:

:~$ top

Software

Start the VLC in the konsole -> there could be information what is wrong.

vlc /path/to/the/video

More information:

vlc --verbose=2 /path/to/the/video

vlc --help

 -v, --verbose <integer>    Verbosity (0,1,2)

[x-dog]

Re: Videos are glitchy

Sorry my reply took so long but I was away with the last while. When I go to additional drivers and try and install the post release date amd driver I get this error message
"Sorry, installation of this driver failed. Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log"
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for the help.

[sithlord48]

Re: Videos are glitchy

what video card do you have? have you installed the properitary driver before ? what version of the driver does it say you can install (if it shows one)

have you tried any of the other video accel modes in vlc . look in its settings under video try different ones.

[x-dog]

Re: Videos are glitchy

Its a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series. When I open additional drivers it will let me install the Ati/Amd proprietary FGLRX graphics driver so I am using this one at the moment.
As for Vlc I was trying to turn on remote control so I could use my Android phone as a remote and clicked the wrong box and now Vlc won't work even if I uninstall it and re-install. Here is what it says when I try run it from the console.

VLC media player 1.1.12 The Luggage (revision exported)
Remote control interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
[0x1cb1e70] main interface: creating httpd
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
Remote control interface initialized.

There is no warnings in the logs.
I hope this is helpful.
Thank you

[sithlord48]

Re: Videos are glitchy

try the command

sudo apt-get purge vlc

then reinstall vlc , purge removes all config files for the package that a normal uninstall would leave around.

[x-dog]

Re: Videos are glitchy

I tried that and it made no difference the cone starts flashing and then it doesn't load.

[sithlord48]

Re: Videos are glitchy

if thats the case then you should run vlc from a command line (i.e konsole). this will give you some info on what its doing before and when it crashes. post it here and myself or one of our other members may be able to help further.

[x-dog]

Re: Videos are glitchy

This is the exact output :

-IdeaPad-Z565:~$ vlc
VLC media player 1.1.12 The Luggage (revision exported)
Remote control interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
[0x155ce70] main interface: creating httpd
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
Remote control interface initialized. Type `help' for help.

Thanks a million for your help!

[sithlord48]

Re: Videos are glitchy

oh so you changed the interface. odd that a 'purge' doesn't clear the settings. wait a second (i just realized) purge removes settings only in /etc not in your home you might want to check in ~/.config/vlc/ for the settings if you remove them you should be set back to default settings.

[x-dog]

Re: Videos are glitchy

Ok thanks that worked I can now use vlc again I will adjust the video settings in vlc like was said in the earlier post and I'll let you know how I get on.
Thanks a million!

[x-dog]

Re: Videos are glitchy

I got a chance to try watching a move and I still have the same problem even after adjusting the video settings in vlc.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!

[sithlord48]

Re: Videos are glitchy

you might have to disable the desktop effects. or if you have the properitary driver installed you should try the tear free option in the amd catalist control center. use "kdesudo amdcccle" to run it . it could also be a problem with the driver and vlc , do the same videos play correctly in dragon player?