> the builtin compositor can be disabled via xfwm4-tweaks-settings...
launched xfwm4-tweaks-settings, to Compositor tab, unchecked the box [ ] Enable display compositing. Tried totem again, and no washed-out transparency. Workaround confirmed.
Why this happens with totem and not mplayer, vlc, parole, mpv, or OpenShot, that's a head-scratcher. Especially mpv, since mpv & totem are linked to almost all the same libraries (mpv also uses libz.so.1 and linux-vdso.so.1)
> what output do you get when launching totem from a terminal
moses@jolyne: ~/Videos$ totem vapourwave.mp4
(totem:27938): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:09:23.719: Calling org.xfce. Session. Manager. Inhibit failed: GDBus.Error: org.freedesktop .DBus.Error. UnknownMethod: Method "Inhibit" with signature "susu" on interface "org.xfce. Session. Manager" doesn't exist
... nothing else while the video is playing. After quitting totem I see this:
(totem:27938): GLib-GObject- WARNING **: 15:10:38.356: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(totem:27938): GLib-GObject- CRITICAL **: 15:10:38.356: g_signal_ handlers_ disconnect_ matched: assertion 'G_TYPE_ CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(totem:27938): GLib-GObject- WARNING **: 15:10:38.356: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(totem:27938): GLib-GObject- CRITICAL **: 15:10:38.356: g_signal_ handlers_ disconnect_ matched: assertion 'G_TYPE_ CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(totem:27938): GLib-GObject- WARNING **: 15:10:38.356: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
(totem:27938): GLib-GObject- CRITICAL **: 15:10:38.356: g_signal_ handlers_ disconnect_ matched: assertion 'G_TYPE_ CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(totem:27938): Totem-CRITICAL **: 15:10:38.356: totem_object_ empty_menu_ section: assertion 'TOTEM_IS_OBJECT (totem)' failed
> the builtin compositor can be disabled via xfwm4-tweaks- settings. ..
launched xfwm4-tweaks- settings, to Compositor tab, unchecked the box [ ] Enable display compositing. Tried totem again, and no washed-out transparency. Workaround confirmed.
Why this happens with totem and not mplayer, vlc, parole, mpv, or OpenShot, that's a head-scratcher. Especially mpv, since mpv & totem are linked to almost all the same libraries (mpv also uses libz.so.1 and linux-vdso.so.1)