https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43858
--- Comment #25 from Valter valter.giovannetti@alice.it 2012-01-19 01:44:14 PST --- (In reply to comment #23)
movie players mostly (totem, mplayer, vlc, etc.)
I have not tried. If I understand, within the monitor corrupted, then launch vlc to see if the problem is resolved. Tonight I run, then let you know.
It's an X extension for accelerated colorspace conversion and scaling generally used for video display. Xv is short for Xvideo.
Ok, sorry for my ignorance! Often I do not understand the acronyms!