Under Solaris, this problem is amplified by a bug in Sun's X server. Player cannot play Video-CDs. Player can play a Systems appended after a Video elementary stream but it cannot play a Video elementary stream appended after a Systems stream. This is a limitation, not a bug. Changing the Video mode from Gray to Dither or Color when the Player is stopped or paused does not restore color immediately.
Colors is restored after playing a few frames.
That's true, but this is not a bug. SGI audio driver does not have ulaw support. Balance control only works when playing audio in stereo. This is not a bug, but a limitation of the HP-UX audio driver. When playing a systems stream, Player plays the first video and audio streams encountered.