You probably use xvimagesink on arch linux and ximagesink on Ubuntu for some reason... but this is just a guess.
When you run "gstreamer-properties", which video output is selected? Does it work when you change to "XWindow System (X11/Xshm/Xv)" and click on test? -- Video scaling in totem is unclean https://launchpad.net/bugs/71476 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs