Strange DivX5 problem

[bergsore]

I have a strange problem with some, *ahem* "files" on my computer.

on some files two of the colors are "offset" leaving a green stripe.

They are encoded with divX5 (divX5, ffmpeg) but display an odd green stripe when played with vlc and look even worse in movie player. the problem does not affect Xvid or even all divX5 files but the ones it does effect it does consistently. I know the files are not corrupt because multiple files have the same problem and they all work in windows.

Any ideas?

Vlc:


Movie player:

[bergsore]

Hmmm. It only seems to happen durring an xgl/beryl session and not a normal gnome session.

I'm going to try asking at the beryl forums.

[db9s]

did you get any fixes?

[marcioapf]

I'm having exactly the same problem =/

[StellaVella]

yep, having exactly the same problems with divx5. Just being new to to linux anyway, don't have a clue how to fix that problem.
Installed all the latest drivers and codecs (via automatix), and everything appears to run properly. I can play DVDs, Xvids, wma, etc, the only files presenting a problem being encoded with Divx5.
BTW, running Ubuntu 7.10, Kernel 2.6.22-14, graphics card ati X700 mobility.

Cheers,

Stella

[ryth]

Any further progress on this? Frustrating to say the least.

Perhaps it has something to do with the ATi proprietary driver + xgl?

[Re1lly]

same exact problem over here. Ubuntu with compiz-fusion and an ati card. Same stuff with vlc and movie player. any fix on this?

[Re1lly]

Solved it hope it works for you too!

Go to the preferences menu in VLC and go to the video options, in the output i just played with the settings and X11 works for me.