Bug#672972: Wheezy: VLC player can't play videos

["Rémi Denis-Courmont" <remi@remlab.net>]

reassign 672972 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
retitle 672972 vlc: OpenGL output fails with Radeon HD 4200
thanks

	Hello,

In absence of XVideo adapter, VLC will fall back to OpenGL. If OpenGL fails 
too, VLC will fall back to plain X11.

The fact that a few frames are shown proves that VLC is NOT trying to use a 
non-existent XVideo. There would be no frames at all then.

The fact that it works just fine when plain X11 output is forced in the 
preferences proves that X11 would work fine, but is not attempted with default 
settings.

In other words, the problem lies with the OpenGL drivers. I have a similar 
problem on a laptop also with AMD/ATI chip (although mine has XVideo working 
fine so hardly a problem). This apparent regression is probably due to VLC 
using shaders for YUV color space conversion since version 2.0.0.

I doubt VLC is at fault here, and I fail to see what else it could do. If 
shaders are so slow, the driver should not offer them in the first place.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/