I tested Xubuntu 14.04 for a couple of days, and there the background of the icons is transparent. So it doesn't covers this much of the screen.
In Xubuntu I installed totem from the original repositories: sudo apt-get install totem I'm not sure, but I guess, that this is the same package as in Ubuntu 14.04. If so, then this should have to do with the unity theme, or not? Maybe, this is a clue!? I hope so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309605 Title: OSD (skip, pause) take full window (and fullscreen) height Status in Totem Movie Player: Expired Status in “totem” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The OSD icons for forward/backward skip and pause have the wrong heigt. They take the full (sometimes even more) height on the player window and also full height in fullscreen mode. This appeared after the upgrade to trusty (totem 3.10.1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/totem/+bug/1309605/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp