I confirm this bug. The normal behaviour can be obtained by pushing "tab" twice.
Space=pause will then work as long as you don't press "tab" anymore. ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal => Minor Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Space bar does not pause in non-fullscreen mode https://launchpad.net/bugs/46795 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs