gnome-mplayer uses nvidia VDPAU by default
Bug #712348 reported by
Shimi Chen
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Julien Lavergne | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-mplayer
Not all (most?) users have an nvidia graphics card and it's not very user-friendly to give off a scary error:
"Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
Without even any info on how to disable VDPAU and switch to something more appropriate with an Intel or AMD chip.
This can be very confusing for an average user who doesn't even know what VDPAU means.
Suggestion: check during install/first run what sort of graphics chip is installed and choose video output accordingly.
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| Julien Lavergne (gilir) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Kevin DeKorte (kdekorte-gmail) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| assignee: | nobody → Julien Lavergne (gilir) |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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See also bug #718298, I think it's a mplayer relative bug.