At least for me, the recent wave of updates solved the problem. Everything is back to normal, this bugreport can be closed.
** Changed in: alsamixergui (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Description changed: Binary package hint: alsamixergui Since the update from 9.04 to 9.10 I'm unable to play FullHD Videos. - Under 9.04 I could play them without a hassle, the cpu (2x3,3 Ghz) didn't even get to >50% load. - Now any player with any output method shows me about 1 to 2 frames per second, while the cpu still doesn't get any more load then in 9.04. + Under 9.04 I could play them without a hassle, the cpu (2x3,3 Ghz) didn't even get to >50% load. + Now any player with any output method shows me about 1 to 2 frames per second, while the cpu still doesn't get any more load then in 9.04. I have an onboard Nvidia 8300 card. VLC, mplayer, Totem all say something along - - ************************************************ - **** Your system is too SLOW to play this! **** - ************************************************ + ************************************************ + **** Your system is too SLOW to play this! **** + ************************************************ I also don't want to bypass this by waiting for video hardware acceleration support, since it used to work flawlessly just before the update. -- FullHD videos not playable since update to Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493228 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs