I have the same problem on my laptop with 16.04 CPU i5-6600 GPU HD 530 but the situation is fixed after canceled the option "Accelerated video output(Overlay)"
in Preference > Video > Display -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc screen always on top, buggly. Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I don't know whether it's due to 15.10 or due to my laptop being a very new model "Asus Zenbook 305CA". The screen is always on top. Even if it is minimized. The gif below takes may some ten seconds to load. http://imgur.com/N3AZkiH And in addition, the video quality is sensibly worse than it should be, compared to Totem video player which functions properly. vlc revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42 ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1537053/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp