VLC on fullscreen in XFCE

06-25-2012, 01:53 PM

Hi,
Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in fullscreen
under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using the hotkey
F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same thing,
and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC (2.1.0-git)
from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Thanks
Joshua

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06-25-2012, 04:42 PM

+1
noticed too and not found a solution yet.

Le 25/06/2012 15:53, Joshua O'Leary a écrit :

Hi,
Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in fullscreen
under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using the
hotkey F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same
thing, and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC
(2.1.0-git) from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Thanks
Joshua

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06-25-2012, 04:53 PM

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:42:46 -0700, Benoit <frombenny@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:

+1
noticed too and not found a solution yet.

Le 25/06/2012 15:53, Joshua O'Leary a écrit :

Hi,
Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in fullscreen
under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using the
hotkey F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same
thing, and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC
(2.1.0-git) from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Thanks
Joshua

Same here.
Paul

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06-25-2012, 05:25 PM

On 25/06/12 17:53, Paul Donlan wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:42:46 -0700, Benoit <frombenny@aliceadsl.fr>
wrote:

+1
noticed too and not found a solution yet.

Le 25/06/2012 15:53, Joshua O'Leary a écrit :

Hi,
Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in
fullscreen under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video.
Using the hotkey F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still
does the same thing, and it still happens using the latest daily
build of VLC (2.1.0-git) from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution
to this?

Thanks
Joshua

Same here.
Paul

A rather hackish workaround would be to make a wrapper script for VLC,
with these commands:

killall xfce4-panel && vlc && xfce4-panel

That way, the panel is killed before VLC runs, and loaded again when it
is closed.

Joshua

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06-25-2012, 05:26 PM

On 25/06/12 17:53, Paul Donlan wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:42:46 -0700, Benoit
<frombenny@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:

+1

noticed too and not found a solution yet.

Le 25/06/2012 15:53, Joshua O'Leary a écrit :

Hi,

Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in
fullscreen under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the
video. Using the hotkey F instead of clicking the fullscreen
button still does the same thing, and it still happens using
the latest daily build of VLC (2.1.0-git) from the PPA. Has
anyone found a solution to this?

Thanks

Joshua

Same here.

Paul

Seems that a bug has already been filed:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-panel/+bug/1005175

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06-25-2012, 07:46 PM

On 06/25/2012 09:53 AM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:

Hi,
Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in fullscreen
under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using the hotkey
F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same thing,
and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC (2.1.0-git)
from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Works fine here, fully updated.

Ric

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06-25-2012, 08:21 PM

On 25/06/12 20:46, Ric Moore wrote:

On
06/25/2012 09:53 AM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:

Hi,

Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in
fullscreen

under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using
the hotkey

F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same
thing,

and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC
(2.1.0-git)

from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Works fine here, fully updated.

Ric

What is the output of apt-cache policy vlc on your machine?
The standard ubuntu precise version is

2.0.1-4, which is affected by the bug.

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06-25-2012, 08:23 PM

On 25/06/12 20:46, Ric Moore wrote:

On
06/25/2012 09:53 AM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:

Hi,

Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in
fullscreen

under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using
the hotkey

F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same
thing,

and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC
(2.1.0-git)

from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Works fine here, fully updated.

Ric

I seem to have found the actual problem - a bad vlc configuration.
Running

rm -r ~/.config/vlc seems to have solved the problem for me,
at least for now. Why didn't I think of this before?!

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06-25-2012, 09:25 PM

to fix this for me, in VLC I went to Tools Preferences Video and un-checked* Windows Decorations.
seem to do the job.

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Joshua O'Leary <joshua.oleary@btinternet.com> wrote:

On 25/06/12 20:46, Ric Moore wrote:

On
06/25/2012 09:53 AM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:

Hi,

Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in
fullscreen

under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using
the hotkey

F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same
thing,

and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC
(2.1.0-git)

from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Works fine here, fully updated.

Ric

I seem to have found the actual problem - a bad vlc configuration.
Running

rm -r ~/.config/vlc seems to have solved the problem for me,
at least for now. Why didn't I think of this before?!

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06-26-2012, 01:18 AM

On 06/25/2012 04:21 PM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:

On 25/06/12 20:46, Ric Moore wrote:

On 06/25/2012 09:53 AM, Joshua O'Leary wrote:

Hi,
Has anyone noticed that VLC doesn't play videos properly in fullscreen
under XFCE? The panel is still visible above the video. Using the hotkey
F instead of clicking the fullscreen button still does the same thing,
and it still happens using the latest daily build of VLC (2.1.0-git)
from the PPA. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Works fine here, fully updated.

Ric

What is the output of *apt-cache policy vlc* on your machine? The
standard ubuntu precise version is
2.0.1-4, which is affected by the bug.

ric@Iam:~$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 2.0.1-4
Candidate: 2.0.1-4
Version table:
*** 2.0.1-4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64
Packages

100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ric@Iam:~$

But, I am not seeing behavior from full screen as described. When I
toggle full screen, all of the menus go away within seconds if I either
move my mouse from that screen or just don't jiggle the mouse. I'm
seeing video and nothing else. Ric

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