Same happens for me in totem-gstreamer 2.26.1-0ubuntu5 (Jaunty amd64).
It's not xine-lib.

The effect that made me notice was that in XUL-based apps (Firefox,
Thunderbird), pressing Alt causes any open menus to close. So while
Totem is playing, any Firefox menus will spontaneously close every 30
seconds of playtime. Minor but irritating.

Under further investigation: the problem is caused by Totem attempting
to disable the screensaver. If you go to Edit/Preferences/Display and
tick 'Allow the screensaver to activate even when audio-only is
playing', then Firefox menus only close every 30 seconds when you're
playing video. If this option is not ticked, the menus will close every
30 seconds when you're playing only audio, as well.

It would seem Totem's method of subverting the screensaver is to
simulate a press of the Alt key. There must be a better solution (fewer
side effects) than this, surely?

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totem causes alt key press in openoffice every 30 seconds
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216939
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