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Thread: Mplayer causes screen to go black for a second before videos

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    Mplayer causes screen to go black for a second before videos

    I have had this problem ever since I got a new screen. Both screens were LCDs, the old one was an LG, and the new one is an Eizo FlexScan S1911.

    What happens is, whenever I play a video with mplayer, the screen goes black for a moment, and then comes back and the video plays normally. The same happens when I stop the video.

    This doesn't happen with other players. I tried to test a different video output driver, in case it was xv's fault, but -vo x11 doesn't solve it.
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    Re: Mplayer causes screen to go black for a second before videos

    Bump.
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    Re: Mplayer causes screen to go black for a second before videos

    I have this same problem, only it also occurs when using VLC. Does anyone know of a solution?

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    Re: Mplayer causes screen to go black for a second before videos

    Actually, it happens with VLC to me too, although not always. I tried a few files now. It isn't consistent with the file, though.

    My graphics card is an ATI Radeon X1650PRO, made by HIS.

    I can't put my finger on what's causing it. It's not the output driver, it's not the player. What remains the same between the cases where it happens? Any ideas?
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    Re: Mplayer causes screen to go black for a second before videos

    Another little bump.
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    Re: Mplayer causes screen to go black for a second before videos

    Final bump.
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