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[cjasonm <aphotographofme@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi guys-

from a linux novice, but for what it's worth, i'm having the exactly
same problem and here's what i've noticed (it also works as an awkward
workaround):

1.  install smplayer
2.  start the video you'd like to play with smplayer. it should start playing with only the sound.
3.  start the same video with vlc or mplayer.  it will play with both sound and video.

thanks for your good work!
-c

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all video players crash with BadAlloc error (no Compiz)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359831
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: New
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

xine, mplayer, or totem all crash when attempting to play any video file with an error like this one from xine:
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.6cvs.
(c) 2000-2007 The xine Team.
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  132 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  4731
  Current serial number in output stream:  4732

This worked in Intrepid and does not work since updating to the Jaunty beta this morning. I noticed it removing the xserver-xorg-video-i810 package and I can see other similar bugs saying that this has been deprecated in favor of xserver-xorg-video-intel.

mplayer -vo x11 file.avi works, so it seems very likely this is an xvideo problem.

One oddity: at first, 'mplayer file.avi' crashed immediately. After trying to run it and other video players a few times, now it opens a black window, plays the audio, and spams "X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)" to console. I didn't change any settings (cross my heart), I was just hitting up and rerunning the last couple attempts to show someone in the room.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686