

Thanks to the team as my integrated ATI Radeon card using default 11.4 open source drivers works with VLC and "Accelerated video output" ticked. To clarify the default VLC installation with "Accelerated video output" ticked - works with proprietary NVIDIA drivers - and doesn't without.

Open the VLC media player, go to the media tab in the main menu < click. However, installing the proprietary NVIDIA drivers, VLC will successfully show the movie using "Accelerated video output". Save Money Cut the cord and save Stremium costs less than most cable TV.

> Try and play the movie again, you should now see output.ĭownload proprietary drivers for your graphics card - I think theres a thread on the forum dedicated to that.Įxample, NVIDIA 8600 using the default 11.4 open source drivers (nouveau?) shows a black screen when VLC uses "Accelerated video output". Click on ' Tools ' button on top menu bar and select ' Preferences ' option. > Remove the tick for "Accelerated video output (Overlay)" With a default 11.4 (64bit) installation, and the one click installer for VLC at VideoLAN - VLC: Free streaming and multimedia solutions for all OS! - if you get a black screen when watching movie files there are 2 solutions. Default VLC shows black screen when playing movie files (solutions) Hello,
