The subjects says it all .. since 4.2.1 pre1v1 (IIRC) Xv doesn't work at 1400x1050, but works at lower resolutions. Xine dies with: X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 142 (XVideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 () Serial number of failed request: 1966 Current serial number in output stream: 1966