This should help you KALANKISTHAN,,,,, Vlc That’s my preferred player, I always use it and surely many of you do too. It is very important to have it working correctly, so: 1) Run vlc. 2) Settings –> Preferences. 3) Selct Video and then outpoot modules. 3) Check the little “Advanced options” check box on the button left corner of this window. 4) New options will now appear, so in Video outpoot choose “X11 video out”. 5) Save and exit. Mission completed. Mplayer I never use it and every time I try to open something with it, it never works ;P but if you use it…: 1) Run Mplayer. 2) Right click on the screen and select Preferences. 3) Select the video tag and in available drivers choose X11 (XImage/Shm). 4) Save and restart the application. Xine Very useful if you use Kaffeine or Totem with xine: 1) Run xine. 2) File –> configure –> preferences. 3) In experience_level select “Master Of The Known Universe” so that all the setting become visible. 4) Select the video tag. 5) In driver choose “xshm”. 6) Restart Xine. Real Player Few passages are needed to configure it: 1) Run Real Player. 2) Move to Settings –> preferences. 3) Select the “Hardware” tab. 4) Uncheck the check box “UseXVideo”. 5) Restart Real Player.