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Video issues post here please.

Help & support for Ultimate Edition 2.6


Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby 2hot6ft2 » Thu May 20, 2010 2:04 pm

First I suspect you need the nvidia driver for it to properly detect the monitor by DVI. So installing the driver would be the first project.

I use a 20" tv using a VGA cable. I don't have a DVI out on any of the pc's so I can't troubleshoot that part. As long as you can hook it up by VGA cable you might try having it hooked up both by VGA and DVI then once the driver is installed check the nvidia settings
System > Administration > NVIDIA X Server Settings
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gksu nvidia-settings

so you can save changes, and make sure the DVI works before rebooting with only the DVI connection.
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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby razy60 » Tue May 25, 2010 1:00 pm

Hi, I was recently given 3 .mov(quicktime) files, they are of me and some friends on a bike ride taken with a hidef 1080p DV recorder, under windows and vanilla ubuntu 10.04 colour is fine definition is fine but in Ultimate Edition 2.6 red is green, green is red and all the other colours look sick. If i use VLC to change hue and saturation contrast etc. i can get close to what it should be. the definition is good still hidef 1080p.
All my other videos play fine .avi, xvid etc. hi def in youtube hidef downloads, hidef rips all fine so its not the card or the Pc, just these particular files, I have yet to try on my laptop to see if it is the same.
I run 64 bit on the PC and 32 on the laptop.

Any one with any ideas?

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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby Admin-Amir » Tue May 25, 2010 1:19 pm

Hello Raz.

well I have just one question for you.
Did you have install the DV recorder in synaptic? or any packages to support your work on the files?

just search under synaptic for DV - you will find anything to support the saturation contrast etc.
Then you can work with the Software Like - Cinelerra /Cinecutie..
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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby razy60 » Tue May 25, 2010 5:22 pm

Admin-Amir wrote:Hello Raz.

well I have just one question for you.
Did you have install the DV recorder in synaptic? or any packages to support your work on the files?

just search under synaptic for DV - you will find anything to support the saturation contrast etc.
Then you can work with the Software Like - Cinelerra /Cinecutie..


Hi, Admin-Amir, thanks for the info i have been playing with Pitivi which is hard work but seems to have some of the things i require. Once you get into these things suddenly a whole bunch of useful programs just pop out of the woodwork.
however that is not the problem, the problem is the fact that on my PC which has xp pro x64.osx.ubuntu 10.04 x64 and Ultimate Edition 2.6 x64 on only 2.6 has the colour saturation/contrast problem, which i can fix using either one of the programs you suggested or if i just want to watch i can play with VLC, If however i watch the same files on my laptop which Ultimate Edition 2.6 32bit on the colour is fine, i was more concerned with the fact that the 64 bit variant has maybe another bug in dealing with either .mov files or hidef or both and was wondering if any one else had experienced this or knew if there was a fix, i may try and turn of either the themes or compiz or both to see if maybe they are the cause as there do seem to be a few bugs in the 64 bit OS using compiz both here and in the vanilla ubuntu.

thanks again for any help and suggestions

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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby Admin-Amir » Tue May 25, 2010 5:30 pm

Hello Raz.

well the bugs if there are come from the Ununtu side here,
well you are sport man right ;) way don't you try to upgrade the Kernel and see if it will solve the issue.
Look on the post of the Upgrade of the Kernel here on the forum,
I have found some good fix that take place After the Upgrade process.
This is my idea for you at this point of time.
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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby 2hot6ft2 » Tue May 25, 2010 5:35 pm

If you open the video in VLC and it's messed up then while it's still running open a second instance of it with the same video is the second one correct?
I'm reading on that right now.
Give this a shot
Applications > Sound & Video > Movie Player
Edit > Preferences > Display
And click on reset to defaults then close and try your movie.
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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby razy60 » Tue May 25, 2010 5:49 pm

Admin-Amir & 2hot6ft2
Cheers will give both a shot tomorrow, as the PC is off. for now. time for bed as i start work at 0500.

Cheers again

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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby 2hot6ft2 » Tue May 25, 2010 5:51 pm

Sounds like a plan Raz. While the issue is in VLC, Movie Player (totem) has been known to mess up settings across the board for all players. Hope it helps.
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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby razy60 » Wed May 26, 2010 7:40 pm

Well tried your suggestions and none worked so i have resorted to uninstalling things to see what causes problems,
i have had some success with removing conky, compiz and themes as they all seemed to cause the colour issues, as far as video is concerned i have uninstalled the nvidia drivers, so that i now have the basic desktop not the nice shiny Ultimate Edition one with all the efects.(I installed compiz in the vanilla ubuntu and it caused similar issues, No surprises there then) :roll:
I have installed the updated kernel as suggested (thanks for the guide Amir), I have also installed the server kernel as a backstop as was suggested elsewhere on this forum.
Next chance i get is to reinstall the nvidia drivers(see if they work), then reinstall compiz and themes. If it goes pear shaped at any stage then i know what my issues will be. Here's hopping i can get back to Ultimate Edition as it should be :)

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sound, realtek 1200 hd + ati Hd audio
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HDD, OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ssd(OS) 2 x 250 GB(in raid0 for progs) 2x 1TB samsung (storage)
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Display: sharp 42" lcd 1080p tv via hdmi
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Dell studio 1557 7 pro x64& Ultimate Edition 2.7 32bit
i7 720 multi core cpu
4GB 1333mhz ram
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Re: Video issues post here please.

Postby sambolinux » Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:31 pm

If an Admin would be so kind as to delete my previous post as this is the newest and greatest !!! Thanks ATI.com !!!!

Okay I have a solution that is rather complex but it works -- hell it took me 6 installs to get mine perfect.
1. After the initial install let your box boot up normally to make sure everything is o.k. Then restart again but this time go to recovery mode and use resume normal boot . It will ask for your login name and password enter it.
2. first thing you may want to do is setup a Root password


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sudo passwd Root


then enter Root's password twice.
3. Then you want to make sure you have X configured by using this

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sudo X -configure


this will create a file called xorg.conf.new in your home folder.
4. Now it will ask if you want to try your new xorg file , just say no or you'll have to push reset. It does not really matter though because all we are going to do is reboot.
5. Once rebooted and logged in go to your home folder and copy(as root) your new xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.open or whatever name you want. Just remember you will have to rename it if something goes wrong.
6.Open up a terminal and paste this code into it

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sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libQtGui4


then this

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 sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /lib/libstdc++.so.6


then this

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 sudo ldconfig



7. Go to ati.amd .com and download 10.4 video driver( I should point out that this only works with 3XXX or above video cards). Once downloaded open up a terminal to where you downloaded the file and use this

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 sudo sh ./ati-driver*.run --buildandinstallpkg Ubuntu/lucid


8. Follow these extra steps only if you get an error 6 on installation or upgrade. If you dont get any errors then continue to step 9 or if you got some other error then step 6 go here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1496724 I will copy it here to make it easier .

" This assumes that the aborted attempt to install "fglrx" and "fglrx-amdcccle" via apt-get is still extant on your computer. If you rolled it back or got rid of it somehow, go ahead and re-run it so all the files will be present on your machine.

Now, open a terminal and do the following: "

a.

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 sudo updatedb



b.

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locate arch_fglrx_2.6.34.patch



c.Foreach listed version of the file, do

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  sudo gedit <file>




d.Replace the first 2 lines of each file with:

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 --- a/kcl_wait.c 2010-04-13 20:02:46.494496561 +0200
    +++ b/kcl_wait.c 2010-04-13 19:52:00.054563389 +0200



" and save the file. Remember to do this for ALL the files. (On my machine there were 2.)"
e.Now do the following:

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 sudo apt-get --no-download install fglrx fglrx-amdcccle



9. Still with me ? good after this is done we only have one step to go. Open up a terminal and paste this

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  sudo aticonfig --initial


then reboot
10.If everything is O.k. now you can go ahead and configure your driver with System-Preferences-ATI???? (I hate to type) does it show???
11. If all you get is black screen you will have to start from scratch(just joking, it was what I did when I first started with linux) you will have to reboot and go to recovery mode and copy the xorg.conf.new(or whatever name you like ) to xorg.conf

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 sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

then either you can type

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startx


or reboot the choice is yours. I prefer to reboot just to be sure. Once booted, open a terminal and paste this code

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 sudo apt-get purge fglrx*

then start at step 6
12. If you cannot get into recovery mode then you can use your installation cd or usb to change xorg.conf . This is why on a fresh install I do the intitial update then install my video drivers !!!
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