I can confirm Hadmut's observation that it only happens when the on- screen-display shows something. Deactivating it resolves the issue.
The issue persists in xenial (current dev); in addition playback stops after 3 frames (I can, however, fast-forward and rewind). However, there was some dependency failure during the update; I will try to fix that and see if this fixes the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1420022 Title: mplayer using va_gl whites out while fast-forwarding/rewinding To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvdpau-va-gl/+bug/1420022/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs