Comment 3 for bug 416403

Using Intel 855 rather than nVidia, I solved the problem by changing the video driver in gxine from Xv to XShm. Refer to my thread on ubuntuforums at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1489123.

These are the steps that I took (from the compiz.org wiki):

1. Launch Xine.

2. Go to File –> Configure –> Preferences.

3. For experience_level, select Master Of The Known Universe so that all the settings become visible.

4. Go to the Video tab.

5. For the driver, select xshm.

6. Restart Xine.

Presumably this fix would work for any front-end using the xine engine.