Mplayer is at the top when the video is played directly and in both modes you provided( -vo xv and -vo gl) , just like with vlc. Mplayer -vo xv is a lot better quality than mplayer -vo gl though; probably the best it's performed so far.
Also as previously stated-- the issue occurs with every media player, youtube videos (html5 and flash). Any HD video on youtube is really bad quality in HD (especially 1080p) but in Mac OSX all players run with exceptional quality and without lag in all videos. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103236 Title: Choppy and pixelated video on Macbook Air 5,1. Unable to run/view HD videos at all To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1103236/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp