That's right. Without the desktop effects the problem doesn't appear.
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Problem with Videooverlay
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113304
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Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for totem in ubuntu.
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desktop-bugs mailing list
Would you happen to have any desktop effects enabled -- for instance,
Compiz or Beryl? This is very similar to bug 73471 and could be a
duplicate. However that bug does not state that the video is black on
startup.
** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
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Problem
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
http://librarian.launchpad.net/7582961/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt"
http://librarian.launchpad.net/7582962/ProcMaps.txt
** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt"
http://librarian.launchpad.net/7582963/ProcStatus.txt
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Proble