Comment 24 for bug 4229

This happens for me, too. I've just done a clean install of Gutsy Herd 5, and did all updates. I get the same error as above (note that the error which this error points to as a duplicate deals with a "BadRequest" error instead of a "BadAlloc" as here). I get the error with all players I tried (totem, vlc, mplayer). Here's the output from totem when trying to play a 720p mov video file from Apple's trailer site (my screen resolution is 1280x800, using the 915resolution package):

Gdk-ERROR **: The program 'totem' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 56 error_code 11 request_code 140 minor_code 19)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
aborting...
Aborted (core dumped)

VLC says:

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 140 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
  Serial number of failed request: 82
  Current serial number in output stream: 83