Comment 11 for bug 496658

Hmm... The same problem occurs when I use VLC (I have to check if the problem persist after a reboot). However, Totem works fine.

VLC output (maybe this is another error, I don't know...):
On first try:

$ vlc GCBC_SCR.XviD.avi
VLC media player 1.0.2 Goldeneye
[0x1be4998] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
[????????] x11 video output error: X11 request 132.19 failed with error code 8:
 BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
  Serial number of failed request: 107
  Current serial number in output stream: 108
// here it failed

On the second try:

$ vlc GCBC_SCR.XviD.avi
VLC media player 1.0.2 Goldeneye
[0x174c998] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Extension: 132 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x6c00005
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Extension: 132 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x6c00005
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Extension: 132 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x6c00005
// into infinity...