[SOLVED] SMPlayer making videos purple

j33205 · 2015-11-05 20:04:02

Hello. I recently built a new computer and started a fresh install of Arch (alongside windows). My GPU is an Nvidia GTX960 and I'm using the proprietary drivers. I normally use VLC for video playback but it seems to be having a real problem playing anything higher than standard definition videos (I need 720p and 1080p playback); it plays real choppy on all video outputs and all hardware acceleration options.

Anyway, I installed SMPlayer (with the standard mplayer backend), I've used it before but very minimally. When I open a video (any video) it plays the video smoothly. The problem is that it seems to be filtering all of the red tones to purple so anything that should appear with a red hue is purple instead. I have no idea what would cause this, I've searched through settings/properties in case I might have set something weird but I haven't found anything. I've tried carious outputs (vdpau, xv, etc.) and various hardware acceleration options and nothing changed, EXCEPT when I chose the X11 output. X11 gave true colors and what appeared to be a fine playback but this is obviously non-ideal. Also when I open the same videos in just mplayer I have no problems (both with and without vdpau enabled). Any ideas as to what could be causing this are appreciated, it's just strange to me that the backend seems to work just fine. I think I'll try reinstalling just in case.

Last edited by j33205 (2015-11-07 04:15:41)

j33205 · 2015-11-07 02:22:51

Okay, that was stupid of me. Reinstalling SMPlayer seems to have fixed my issue, shoulda done that first. Sorry.

jasonwryan · 2015-11-07 02:48:11

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#1 2015-11-05 20:04:02

[SOLVED] SMPlayer making videos purple

#2 2015-11-07 02:22:51

Re: [SOLVED] SMPlayer making videos purple

#3 2015-11-07 02:48:11

Re: [SOLVED] SMPlayer making videos purple

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