Bug#742896: Blank screen on all videos with VDPAU and nVidia card

[Bálint Réczey]

Hi,

2014-06-05 11:40 GMT+02:00 Bálint Réczey <balint at balintreczey.hu>:
> Hi Juho,
>
> 2014-05-31 23:57 GMT+07:00 hetas <hetas4 at gmail.com>:
>> I get a blank screen on all video using vdpau, audio only, with nVidia
>> GeForce GT 220. So no video even with mpeg2. Works fine when hardware
>> acceleration is disabled from the settings.
> Yes, VDPAU is broken in 13.x, see. #742896. :-(
Well, that is this bug. :-)
> VAAPI probably would work for you, try installing vdpau-va-driver. See #750199.
I hoped debugging this bug on an old PC of mine but it turned out the
video card in it does not support VDPAU.

I need a VDPAU compatible video card or someone debugging this to move
this bug further. :-(

Thanks,
Balint