I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and while using Ubuntu (unity 3d) full screen video playback is very choppy. This includes, VLC, movie player, and to a lesser extent youtube videos. However, not all video playback is choppy: smaller-sized or windowed videos run smoothly. Even almost fully maximized videos in VLC play smoothly, but as soon as you make it 'full screen' there is significant choppiness. Not unwatchable, but definitely not suited for serious video watching. I usually have to switch to another OS to watch videos.
I dualboot with Windows 7, and it plays videos of all size smoothly. Unity2d also sees no problems in fullscreen video playback.
I found this bug, but no solution is presented:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ti/+bug/961124
I am perfectly happy using Unity2d, but with the impending release of Ubuntu 12.10, I'm worried about my netbook's ability to stick with Ubuntu in future releases because of the dropped Unity 2d.
Here are some of my specs:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit
Memory: 3.6Gib
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Neo X2 Dual Core Processor L335 × 2
Graphics: VESA: RS780M (using the ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX driver).
I'm not sure if this is a driver issue (deactivating the driver makes no observable difference), or if my netbook just simply cannot handle unity3d (although, this is the only issue I've noticed related to its ability to handle unity3d graphics).
I've tried to search extensively regarding my question, so if there's a thread/solution somewhere that anyone knows about, I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you!
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