Translucent or Black Video

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After upgrading to Ubuntu Maverick, gnome-mplayer doesn't work properly 
anymore. When using XV for video output, the video is just black, but I can 
still hear the audio playing in the background. Also, when using GL output, the 
video is partially transparent; I can see windows and icons that are beneath 
the gnome-mplayer window. This struck me as very odd. 
If I drop from compiz into metacity, the GL Video is normal again (although it 
seems to have a good deal of tearing), but XV still shows only black.

I don't think this is caused by mplayer, because calling mplayer from 
command-line renders properly with both XV and GL.

Cross-posted with Launchpad:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mplayer/+bug/591564

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Ripps...@gmail.com on 9 Jun 2010 at 3:50

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I think I know what's causing it. Maverick enabled rgba gtk+, and it seems that 
the that's what's messing with it. Everything works correctly again when I run 
gnome-mplayer with LIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1

Original comment by Ripps...@gmail.com on 9 Jun 2010 at 10:16

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Send an email to the gtk app development list to ask for assistance on how to 
work around this.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2010 at 3:00

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ARGB visuals appear to be disabled in Maverick now.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2010 at 9:40

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