It sounds like gstreamer-vaapi has found a VA driver that it thinks will work, rather than none at all which should fall back to software rendering.
Please install: sudo apt install vainfo Then run 'vainfo' and paste its output here. ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: gstreamer-vaapi (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720820 Title: Totem with gstreamer1.0-vaapi and Wayland crashes on AMD graphics To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer-vaapi/+bug/1720820/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs