Ok, it fails both in X.org and in Wayland. In X.org it fails by default and it seems Wayland works because it tries to incorrectly load the nvidia driver...
I looked into what vdpau drivers there are in the system (ls -lah /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vdpau/*so) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Apr 7 11:18 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vdpau/libvdpau_nouveau.so -> libvdpau_nouveau.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Apr 7 11:18 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vdpau/libvdpau_r300.so -> libvdpau_r300.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Apr 7 11:18 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vdpau/libvdpau_r600.so -> libvdpau_r600.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Apr 7 11:18 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vdpau/libvdpau_radeonsi.so -> libvdpau_radeonsi.so.1.0.0 If I set the driver to any "r" driver (e.g. export VDPAU_DRIVER=r600), then if fails the same way that is failing X.org -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927773 Title: Can't play video X.org on Ubuntu 21.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/1927773/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs