It seems like it has been reported upstream : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772
I think I also saw a previous report on ubuntu launchpad, but can't find it again. -- MPlayer receives BadAlloc when playing very large movies using Xv https://launchpad.net/bugs/38939 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
