Same here with Ubuntu 9.04, fresh install. Anything that tries to use xv out with compiz dies. mplayer, vlc, totem, etc. Disabling compiz fixes all problems. Tried nvidia-glx-96 from jaunty and karmic, no difference. Graphics card is nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]. There are a bunch of bug reports floating around on the driver packages, but it appears that uninstalling compiz fixes the problems.
Same here with Ubuntu 9.04, fresh install. Anything that tries to use xv out with compiz dies. mplayer, vlc, totem, etc. Disabling compiz fixes all problems. Tried nvidia-glx-96 from jaunty and karmic, no difference. Graphics card is nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]. There are a bunch of bug reports floating around on the driver packages, but it appears that uninstalling compiz fixes the problems.