Skins affecting video visibility

[gateur]

When I load the Dalin or WMP11 skins, many video streams -- but not all -- become unviewable. In some cases I get only audio, in other cases the video is skewed with no aspect ration able to correct it, and in still others I get only a white background where the image should be.

I experience these problems on both Windows 2000 and FC4, but not necessarily the same problem on both.

Is there some way to ensure consistent performance regardless of whether I'm using skins2 or wxWidgets?

[ipkiss]

There should be no difference between skins2 and wxWidgets regarding video. Could you give an example of stream working only in wxWidgets?

[gateur]

> Could you give an example of stream working only in wxWidgets?

Yes... step by step:

I subscribe to IpDirectTv dot com and keep their m3u on my desktop.
I open VLC with wx active and import the m3u.
I scroll down the playlist to their 5 available StarTrek feeds. I am able to view all 5 feeds with no problem.

Windows 2000/Thinkpad T22/256mg/Mobil PIII/800mhz
I switch to skins2 with WMP11 and all feeds now have small bubble like dots evenly spaced across the video (similar to the grid dots commonly used in GUI IDE's for layout of graphical controls). When I return to wx, the dots no longer appear.

Linux FC4/Thinkpad T23/512mg/Mobil PIII/1.2ghz
When I switch to WMP11 or Dalin (the only skins I've downloaded), I am able to hear all 5 StarTrek feeds, but video is not consistently available. When I select a feed that can't display the video, VLC reduces itself to the standard compact music player layout. Note that, video for all 230 IPDirectTv feeds works fine on Windows 2000, without bubble dots in wx or with bubble dots in skins2.

Obviously, since everything works fine in wx, this is not a huge problem for me. Skins2 is cool, but auite easy to live without.

Any idea what might be causing this odd behavior... the video drivers or graphics cards in Thinkpads maybe?

Thanks

[ipkiss]

[I moved the topic to the "skins" forum, so that other skin users can more easily find the topic.]

First, what VLC version do you use on Windows and Linux?
Can you try with the AirFlow skin? It is different from the ones you tried, because the video window is not embedded in the interface.

On linux, could you give the errors/warnings you get when no video is shown? Run 'vlc -v --intf skins2' from the terminal, for example.
On windows, a screenshot on the dots on windows could be interesting (use the --nooverlay option to be able to take it), and the log messages as well.