[SOLVED] Desktop Effects Cause Choppy Video

[thebrandon]

Whenever I try to watch a video, especially fullscreen, I have to turn desktop effects off because otherwise the video is too choppy. Even with it off I still get a random line that runs up the screen every few seconds but its bearable. Also, on occasion, I will sit down to my computer and turn on the monitor and I will have this wierd vertical pattern of lines running right next to each other down the screen and I will have to ctrl alt backspace to get it to go away. Anyone else have this problem? I am including a copy of my xorg.conf in hopes that maybe I have something set up wrong. thanks in advance!

# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000]"
Driver "nvidia"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SDM-M51"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-57
VertRefresh 48-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000]"
Monitor "SDM-M51"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "720x400"
EndSubSection
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option "backingstore" "True"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "TVOutFormat" "S-VIDEO"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes""1024x768,1024x768;800x600,800x600;640x480,640x480"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

[iamninja]

A friend of me had about the same problem with you. We fixed it this way:

1) Run gstreamer-properties on a terminal
2) Click on the video tab
3) in Plugin select X Window System (No Xv)

The solution is not mine i found it on this forum here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=615539
Hope to help you too.. :)

[thebrandon]

Thank you so much, that worked perfectly!

[thebrandon]

As a side note, I still have problems with some desktop effects activated, I am running with a minimum and I am not sure which one(s) it may be so good luck to anyone with a similar problem. I still get that one line occasionally that slowly runs up the screen, I wonder if maybe it is because of my vertrefresh setting in my xorg?