Fix Blue and Green Tinted Video Problem in Ubuntu Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 1, 2010

“I was having this video problem in Ubuntu that happened after
an update. The video images became tinted with blue and green
colors, or were having some kind of distorted video hues when
played on Totem Movie Player as well as other media players. Check
out the screenshot below to know what I mean:

“That was pretty annoying isn’t it?

“I also installed other video players like VLC, Miro, Mplayer
and others but the same thing happened.

“The cause of this issue could be the use of Nvidia closed
source driver, and since this bug hasn’t been addressed yet, here’s
a quick fix for now when using Totem:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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