[SOLVED] Blue Movies

[JerryP]

Odd thing started happening - some (not all but most) of YouTube videos have a blue hue to them.  It makes all the people look like Avatar people.  The odd thing is that it isn't all videos. It's not regular videos, stuff in the browsers are OK.  Static pictures are just fine.  I've tried FF and Chromium = same thing, skin tone blue.  Any insight?
New video card needed?  Do they go out selectively like this?

[menotu]

The Flash plugin causes it - if you do a forum search there is lots on it or have a look here

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,105228.msg898757.html#msg898757

[dixonpete]

Right click on the video and turn off hardware acceleration. Smurfs be gone!

[JerryP]

That was a simple fix.  Thanks.  Now when someone searches the forum for blue video and YouTube they will fine this.
Curious why this became a problem as I don't ever remember turning hardware acceleration ON.

[Ramchu]

That was a simple fix.  Thanks.  Now when someone searches the forum for blue video and YouTube they will fine this.
Curious why this became a problem as I don't ever remember turning hardware acceleration ON.

When setting up your video card, I believe hardware acceleration is turned on by default, could be wrong though -
as I usually am.

[Phil]

"I don't ever remember turning hardware acceleration ON."

After every flash update mine is set to on, and I have to remember to change it to off. Causes lots of issues as demonstrated by the recent upswing in flash related posts after the latest fix.

[JerryP]

I appreciate the replies but I haven't done anything with my video card for years and for those same years have had flash updates with no problems. I guess it's just one of the more less important "mysteries of life".  If it weren't so obscure and George Carlin weren't dead he could probably roll this into a comedy routine.

[Copper]

This is one working solution from LinuxMint forums:

Re: [workaround]I see blue people- Flash Plugin

Postby HaddadRC on Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:19 am
Solution :

    #Flash videos are blue:

    Problem
    Since a few days ago, Flash videos became blue on another distro.

    Solution
    Create the folder “/etc/adobe” and add the following lines to “/etc/adobe/mms.cfg”:

    First create the folder:

    $sudo mkdir /etc/adobe

    Second, create the mms.cfg

    $sudo pico /etc/adobe/mms.cfg

    Third, add these lines:

    EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1
    OverrideGPUValidation=true

    Save, then restart Firefox
    D;

solution works for me

I think it deals with hardware acceleration, too.

EDIT: this helps with "Youtube blue people problem" but with Flash videos from other sites the player crashes! The "disable hardware acceleration" setting works.

[JerryP]

Thanks Copper.  Turning off hardware acceleration is good for me since it play is fine without it and far superior to blue.  I would think hardware acceleration would only be required if one needed to improve their frame rate and videos are the speed they are.