Wrong (HUE) colours in movie playback (ubuntu)

solution 1:

try to install nvidia-settings first
Code:
apt-get install nvidia-settings

If you want to the nvidia-settings to stick add
Code:
nvidia-settings --load-config-only

To your Sessions menu.

Nvidia introduced XV_HUE to the 8xxx cards.
http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost...84&postcount=4
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513542
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306621

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Solution 2:

Please try restarting X, then running "xvinfo | grep -A2 XV_HUE". It should print something like this:
Code:

"XV_HUE" (range 0 to 360)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)

Then, play your video and see if the value changes.

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Solution 3:

Manualy force to change hue colors

install "xvattr"

then type in terminal
Code:
xvattr -a XV_HUE -v 0

start you player