I'm sorry for triple-posting, but to summarize the end of my previous comment: "Allow Flipping" in nvidia-settings > OpenGL Settings does completely eliminate tearing for fullscreen, unredirected output for OpenGL GLX output in vlc. It does eliminate, or affect tearing for the XVideo output method. So it will probably help for OpenGL games.
There is still a minor amount of tearing, maybe one frame in 30~100, even with OpenGL output and flipping enabled, when redirected by compiz (not fullscreen). It seems the only thing that prevents this is the "Force full screen redraws (buffer swap) on repaint" option... ok but actually, as shown by the "Show Repaint" plugin, that was because there was another vlc instance behind several other windows, that was paused and therefore causing repaints. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307144 Title: 'unredirect fullscreen windows' causes tearing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1307144/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
