This sounds like more of a problem with the nvidia driver rather than have the dependency installed. If you card doesn't support vdpau then the driver should be trying to use libvdpau. What version of the driver do you have installed?
** Also affects: gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997742 Title: remove libvdpau from mplayer dependancies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/997742/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs