I can confirm this bug on 10.10 with an nvidia GeForce GTS 250 driver 260.19.06
It also appears in a fairly recent multithreaded version from git://repo.or.cz/mplayer-build.git built with (commit 8a58f701c08d8fbaf8262): ./enable-mt ./init --shallow make it has more or less recent versions of libass.a libavcodec.a libavdevice.a libavformat.a libpostproc.a libass.la libavcore.a libavfilter.a libavutil.a libswscale.a statically linked in. attached the ldd of the resulting mplayer. I also tried it with the libvdpau1 (0.3-2build1) from lucid without success. ** Attachment added: "ldd mplayer from git" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/627087/+attachment/1727417/+files/ldd.txt -- Mplayer vdpau slow on ubuntu 10.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627087 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs