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ubuntu_user7
Asked: 2018-05-01 10:30:41 +0800 CST

Video player in 18.04 shows a psychedelic mixture instead of a clear video

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I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 along with the restricted extras. I've also installed virtually all the GStream packages in an attempt to fix this problem. Whenever I try to play an mp4 I get a mixture of psychedelic colors. I can make out movement in the videos, but I cannot discern features. I do not have this problem with another Linux I installed.

My computer runs an AMD processor with R7 Radeon graphics.

Thanks for any help you can give.

totem 18.04

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  1. Best Answer

    I had the same problem when playing a MP4 video, totem/gnome-videos displays a purplish corrupted video output and I have done the following:

    From the terminal sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi

    I have done a test and yes, the problem has been fixed now I can see the video correctly.

    So the problem is gstreamer1.0-vaapi

    Best Regards,

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