All video players display black screen

Solution 1:

I'm at a loss. The best suggestions I have is try re-installing the drivers or trying the non-proprietary nv driver. If the problem is still there with the nv driver, then it is most likely not a driver issue.

Good Luck

Solution 2:

I found this worked.

  1. Open the Configuration Editor by running

    gconf-editor 
    

    in the terminal.

  2. Navigate to system → gstreamer → 0.10 → default

  3. Double-click on videosink and change the setting from autovideosink to ximagesink