[04:05] <akuma21> Hi!
[04:06] <akuma21> How are you doing?
[04:11] <Eickmeyer> !ask | akuma21
[04:17] <akuma21> I'm new here. what do you do here?
[04:17] <Eickmeyer> akuma21: This is the support channel for Ubuntu Studio. Offtopic/social conversation happens in #ubuntustudio-offtopic.
[21:43] <togo> my new ubuntu studio came with Parole Media Player preinstalled, which has 2 buglike strange behaviours: 1. there always is a colorful flickering bottom line on every video 2. only one instance can run?
[21:43] <Eickmeyer> togo: I answered you in #ubuntu.
[21:44] <togo> Eickmeyer, thanks!
[21:45] <togo> I noticed VLC it came with was buggy too, and the one I found in the software did not even update and replace but installed asside of it, and the new one fixes issue 2.
[21:47] <Eickmeyer> togo: That indeed sounds like a hardware issue if you're experiencing issues with two different video players.
[21:47] <Eickmeyer> Or, at least a video driver issue.
[21:47] <TJ-> ^^^^
[21:48] <togo> can you test if you can run more than one instance of VLC or Parole on your stock install?
[21:50] <togo> you never seen a flickering line at the bottom of your Parole?
[21:50] <togo> 1.04
[22:09] <Eickmeyer> togo: I never have flickering on my AMD, intel, or my Nvidia systems.
[22:10] <Eickmeyer> If you're using Nvidia, you might need to install the Nvidia driver.
[22:10] <Eickmeyer> Noveau has tearing issues in Xfce.
[22:14] <togo> its an AMD RV730 on a Dell Studio XPS1640 motherboard
[22:16] <Eickmeyer> Ok, so it should work OOTB. Try turning off compositing in window manager tweaks.
[22:29] <TJ-> the flickering line could be an artifact of video-overlay rendering seeing as it affects multiple applications
[22:31] <togo> TJ-, no the flickering is only on Parole, but on al videos I opend with it so far
[22:32] <togo> Eickmeyer, and tjhe composing switch doesn't change anything, or do I need to restart?
[22:33] <Eickmeyer> togo: No, the changes should be effective immediately.
[22:33] <Eickmeyer> togo: I'm going to have to send you back to #ubuntu for troubleshooting since this isn't related to Ubuntu Studio-specific software.
[22:33] <Eickmeyer> We just don't have the level of activity in here to help you troubleshoot this.
[22:33] <Eickmeyer> The only thing I can think of is that your video card is ancient.
[22:34] <Eickmeyer> togo: Your video card is from 2008.
[22:35] <Eickmeyer> I guarantee any support for it in the kernel is lost to bitrot. You need newer hardware, togo.
[22:36] <Eickmeyer> togo: Your computer also is ancient. Ubuntu Studio is not meant to bring life to older hardware. It's meant for high-performance modern machines.
[22:37] <Eickmeyer> The only reason we use a lightweight desktop is so that more resources can go to the high-performance programs.
[22:41] <TJ-> hmmm! I'm running it on ancient systems too, with no problems!
[22:41] <TJ-> runs ardour well for example
[22:41] <TJ-> i guess editing 4K video might be a tad slow
[22:51] <Eickmeyer> TJ-: Looks like a 2010 computer with a 2008 video card. I'd say that's beyond EOL for many purposes.
[22:52] <TJ-> flickering as describes sounds like a video overlay artifact issue, which is most likely a driver issue
[23:03] <togo> If anybody else had that line too much rendered would it have made it into some particular place to report it?
[23:13] <oerheks> RV730 .. HD 4670  ...?
[23:14] <oerheks> openradeon is good supported on 5xxx and higher
[23:24] <Eickmeyer> togo: The only thing I could come across was some past difficulty with that particular card back in 2013.
[23:35] <togo> I am going to install a few more players, since so far only Parole shows one bug, it likely is something specific with that package...
[23:36] <togo> Even video games run nice and 1080p on that machine