[Bug 35229] Totem 1.4.0: Crash on startup (workaround inside)

[GonzO]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35229

Comment:
More information on this: I've noticed, on every system I've ever
installed Ubuntu on (about twenty, now), that Totem will VERY RELIABLY
crash whenever it attempts to play any video of sufficient resolution.
I have a couple of really high-definition videos (one is 1024x768, and
one is 1280x1024) that Totem simply cannot run.  I can produce this
error just about anywhere.  I think (but can't prove) that this has to
do with the amount of available video RAM - the 1280x1024 will crash my
computer here and at home; but the 1024x768 video runs at home (where I
have a 6600GT, instead of an i915 onboard).

The "splash" screen for totem (the cutboard with the word "totem" on it)
is currently a 1280x1024 PNG.  Based on how slow it is to open this
image (on my home machine - takes about five seconds for the image to
"peel" into place from the top to the bottom), and based on the fact
that it straight up crashes here, I'm willing to bet that Totem is
trying to open that PNG as a movie, and this creates the reliable crash
I've listed above.

Workaround: Scaling down the image resolution for totem_logo.png (<= 720
pixels wide), or removing totem_logo.png altogether both allow Totem to
open as usual.