I think this is a manifestation of this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/993397 OP here doesn't specify which DE he is using but it seems that it only affects Unity (mplayer, mplayer2 and vdpau works in gnome-shell)
Please go over there and add an "affect me too" if you haven't done so already. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005505 Title: gnome-mplayer mplayer2 vdpau does not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-mplayer/+bug/1005505/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
