Bug#432451: totem-gstreamer: Not using xv; playback takes up lots of CPU and looks blocky

[Loïc Minier]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2007, Sam Morris wrote:
> For some reason, on my laptop (ATI Radeon Mobility x700) totem does not
> use XV. I think this is the case because playing back movies full screen
> is CPU intensive, and results in a blocky image.
> 
> If I play a file with gst-launch and playbin directly, this is not the
> case. Same if I use mplayer.

 Check whether your videosink is set to autovideosink.

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Loïc Minier