Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Display Video in VLC when using compiz is enabled.

For some reason, when compiz is running VLC does not show any video. I found the work around to the issue by following the below instructions

  1. Start VLC and click on Settings -> Preferences.

  2. Expand Video -> Output modules.

  3. Select Output modules, and check the  checkbox at the bottom right that says Advanced options.

  4. Select the option to select a different output device. Pick X11 video output, click on Save.

4 comments:

fredrik said...

thank you so much, i have had problems with this for a while!

OpenSuse 11.0 post-installation issues no videos, no midi - Page 3 - openSUSE Forums said...

[...] to change to an x11 setting in those video players. Indeed: you are right once more. Taken from Display Video in VLC when using compiz is enabled. « ~ Mayank Johri’s Tips ~ (it applies to OpenSuse 11.0 too): 1. Start VLC and click on Settings -> Preferences. 2. Expand [...]

Tom said...

Worked perfectly! I had to stop and re-start my currently running video, and it displayed fine.

Thanks a ton for this!

astro said...

Perfect! Thanks for the tip, man :D