movies are "blinking" with ATI on Fedora 9
Chris Snook
csnook at redhat.com
Wed Aug 6 18:33:51 UTC 2008
David Hlác(ik wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> i have Fedora 9 i386.
> I followed how-to tutorial about ATI drivers on Fedora 9 (with
> downgraded X server) on this forum.
>
> I have installed from livna totem-gstreamer & plugins for totem to play
> DivX/Xvid Movies.
>
> Yes totem is now playing movies, but video is "blinking" - i believe
> that as video output gstreamer by default uses "OpenGL" which is somehow
> wrong for these ATI drivers - or it could be something else which i do
> not know.
>
> Same scenario is with VLC media player - video is "blinking" too.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> David
>
This is usually due to vblank sync. It's been so long since I've dealt with it
that I can't remember if you want it on or off (try both) but it's configured in
xorg.conf, and should be well-documented by ATI.
-- Chris
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