I am using Ubuntu 14.10 64bit and the latest version of VLC media player, when I play a video (MP4, MKV AVI etc... it doesn't matter) at the bottom of the screen there is a green line
It isn't an issue with my OS, YouTube, and the default media player work fine. Has anyone else had this issue? and if so is there a fix or is it just a software bug?
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GhostMotleyX
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This looks similar to the green lines that VLC renderes at the lower or right border when the video stream has an odd resolution. – LiveWireBT Oct 24 '14 at 18:05
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Standard 1280x720 in an MKV container. – GhostMotleyX Oct 25 '14 at 16:45
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1This may be related to hardware accelerated video decoding and/or rendering. You can try to disable it in the settings in two places: on the “video” panel (called “Overlay video output”) and [on the “input & codecs” panel](http://www.ghacks.net/2013/03/05/how-to-enable-gpu-accelerated-decoding-in-vlc/). – David Foerster Oct 26 '14 at 15:04
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Yep, that worked. Thanks. If you post that as an answer I will vote up your answer so you can get reputation – GhostMotleyX Oct 28 '14 at 23:20
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Open vlc and then go to preferences > video > select in the output "X11 video output" (you can mess with this to find the one that works best for you).
That's it :P
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2It worked. 2022 menu is : Tools >> Preferences >> Video >> Output. Also in my ubuntu 20 fresh intall, the exact option was : X11 Video Output (XCB) – JRichardsz Oct 11 '22 at 01:20
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Also you have to reopen the video after saving the preference if that is not obvious. – capn Dec 13 '22 at 01:28
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Ctrl-P/Preferences/Video/Output.
Choosing OpenGL GLX Video output (XKB) should solve this problem.
At the same time, that change should also improve appearance of subtitles.
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After:
A good idea might be also:
Tools menu -> Preferences -> Video -> Uncheck "Accelerated Video Output (Overlay") (as stated here.)
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I picked `X11 video output (XCB)`. I had a green part appearing at the top of the video, and now it disappeared. Good idea changing this setting. – steoiatsl Aug 17 '22 at 03:26
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Open VLC
Go to Tools menu -> Preferences -> Video -> Uncheck 'Use hardware YUV-> RGB Conversons' Restart VLC
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2This should be the accepted answer, it fixes the problem without a performance loss. – Robin Clowers Jan 19 '17 at 23:33
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Try the following options -
Tools menu –> Preferences –> Video –> Choose OpenGL under Output options –> Restart VLC.
Tools menu -> Preferences -> Video -> Uncheck "Accelerated Video Output (Overlay") -> Restart VLC.
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Thank you. I have done the first step, but cannot find "Use hardware YUV>RGB conversions" to uncheck it for the second. So far, the green line has gone but the video is small and in bottom left corner. – Ben Moore Nov 16 '14 at 12:53
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I have changed the second step accordingly. Try pressing `c` when the video is playing and let me know. – Rohith Madhavan Nov 16 '14 at 12:55
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I'm afraid the video is still small and in the bottom left corner. Pressing c changes the shape but not the size. – Ben Moore Nov 16 '14 at 12:57
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Ok. Instead of OpenGL try OpenGL GLX or something else in the Output options. – Rohith Madhavan Nov 16 '14 at 12:59
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Selecting X11 Video Output in Output options may also do the trick. – Rohith Madhavan Nov 16 '14 at 13:10
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To get rid of green line at the bottom of VLC player , minimize VLC and click on the extended settings tab. Click on the video effects tab Then click on the crop tab Then change the bottom setting to 1 All done green line is gone:)"
And to get rid of the top green line just change the top setting to 2.
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To get rid of green line at the bottom of VLC player!!
Minimize VLC and click on the extended settings tab. Click on the video effects tab Then click on the crop tab Then change the bottom setting to 1 All done green line is gone:)
