> This may as well be a problem with the nvidia driver I thought it this way initially but then...
If this is a driver problem, why SMPlaer plays everything just fine. And BTW, I forgotten to mention that even Totem also plays all my files and DVDs just fine. What is so peculiar about the nvidia driver when it comes to VLC then? > * do you have nvidia-vdpau-driver installed? Yes, it is installed. > * does it work better if you disable hardware decoding? No. > If that does not help, please share the output of vlc -vvv. Here it is... http://pastebin.com/AxEdc2Jt
