Scrunched video, no color running on debian

[jlb]

I have vlc 1.0.3 on a debian testing machine, amd 64. I have an issue where videos are 'scrunched' to the left 1/4 of the screen, and there is no color. This link appears to be the same issue a few months ago:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=57866&p=195049&hil ... ed#p195049

And here is a more recent report of a similar problem:
http://osdir.com/ml/debian-user-debian/ ... 01237.html

Are there some configuration settings that I can check on my specific system to determine the cause of this issue?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Looks like your XVideo driver is broken. Switch to X11 or OpenGL in the video preferences.

[loukingjr]

I am having the same issue in Super OS 9.10. I am not sure what may have updated to screw things up other than xrunner. switching to X11 or OpenGL didn't help me. Has the same problem there.

[xtophe]

Check if you don't have unofficial libav* package . In particular if you have libavutil50

[loukingjr]

Check if you don't have unofficial libav* package . In particular if you have libavutil50

well, since I posted I had reinstalled Super OS 9.10. what's installed there is libavutil49 and vlc works fine once I reinstalled. I maybe I had 50, just not sure. if I hadn't reinstalled and did have libavutil50, what would I have had to do to "downgrade"?