Howto: Fix ATI Video Playback *UPDATE*
In my previous article you where made use VLC as your default media player if you wanted to have a good video playback experience. While I think VLC is a really good media player, I'm sure not every shares my enthusiasm for it and that's okay. I've found a way to fix this. I discovered a application that is installed with your Gstreamer codecs called "Multimedia Systems Selector". This method removes the need to switch you media player (eg. Totem) of choice.
Step 1
To access the program, run in the terminal:
gstreamer-properties
Or (for you GUI people)
Go to "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Main Menu". Then select the "Preferences" under the Systems directory. Look down the list and tick the box next to Multimedia Systems Selector" and "Close". You can now access the application throught "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Multimedia Systems Selector"
Step 2
Now in the program go to the "Video" tab and under "Default Output" use the dropdown menu for the "Plugin" option and change it from "Autodetect" to "X Window System (No Xv)" and "Close" the program.
You're all set, now you can use whatever media player you like!
If you have any problems, questions, suggestions please leave a comment.
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December 12th, 2009 - 23:38
This is awesome! It works and is a big help! Thanks man!
February 12th, 2010 - 22:12
Almost… didn’t work for me. I’m running compiz and did your Xorg fix (which seems to work, although I don’t trust it to be so easy) and video is still choppy, especially in fullscreen. Any help?
February 12th, 2010 - 22:26
I’d recommend installing the latest version of flash that helped a lot for me, however watching some videos in flash that are H.264/MP4 flicker sometimes in fullscreen on YouTube (usually videos in HD).
Hope that helps!
July 27th, 2010 - 18:24
Does doesnt work with the ATI 5730 card…