My Movies Have Lines Running Across

taurusx5 · 09-01-2008, 01:57 AM

In attempting to speed up my ubuntu 8.04, I set the display color depth to 16 bits per pixel from the previous default value of 24. As a result, my system runs smoothly. BUT now, a grid appears across movies when I play them. How do I remove the lines/grid without having to revert back to the default color depth of 24 bits per pixel?

Just to let you know, the lines disappear when I play movies at fullscreen. They re-appear when I reduce the movie window size.

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matthewg42 · 09-01-2008, 01:59 AM

Weird!

Please provide details of your video hardware / driver used etc.

taurusx5 · 09-01-2008, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by matthewg42

Weird!

Please provide details of your video hardware / driver used etc.

Matthewq42, thanks for the reply. Here's the output of what you had requested:

x@xx:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
02:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:07.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:09.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

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matthewg42 · 09-01-2008, 03:05 AM

So the graphics card is "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device". The second part of the question is what driver is used. It means to look in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and find the Device section of the file and look what is in the driver value.

taurusx5 · 09-01-2008, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthewg42

So the graphics card is "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device". The second part of the question is what driver is used. It means to look in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and find the Device section of the file and look what is in the driver value.

Hey Matthew. In reply to your second question, here's the answer:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

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vimal · 09-01-2008, 03:56 AM

Hello,

This could also happen if you have an option called 'Visualize motion vectors' enabled within the player. I had a similar situation in SMplayer. Just a thought.....

Vimal Kumar