Description of problem: Using desktop effects (compiz), video players (like VLC, Totem) don't display the video for the movie unless the window is moved to a particular location. This location repeats across the screen. I vaguely remember a similar problem on NeXT hardware running NeXTSTEP if that rings any bells for the people working on this bug. I'm using the free software ATI Radeon driver that ships with FC6's x.org and an ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (an AGP card). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.0.13 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable desktop effects. 2. Start a movie player and watch a movie. 3. Odds are good you won't see the movie until you scoot the window into a particular position on the screen. There are many such positions on the screen and they seem to be spaced regularly, but I don't know how regularly. Actual results: The video display is blank. Moving the window shows odd flickers of portions of frames. Then when the window is in the "right place" you see the image you should see. Expected results: The movie displays no matter where the window is. Additional info: Disabling desktop effects makes the video display work normally.
I don't seem to have this problem. I can play a video with totem and it displays correctly no matter where the window is placed. In fact, it continues to play even as the window is resized and moved. It even plays in the application switcher (ALT-tab). I am using Fedora Core 6, updated as of 18 Nov 06. My computer is a PowerPC iBook with a video card identified by X as ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)]. Playback seems to drop frames when the video is scaled large, but this is a separate issue (because XVideo is not supported by compiz?)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 200270 ***