(In reply to comment #96) > If you have an unredirected fullscreen DRI2 application, then it will use > pageflipping to update the scanout upon a SwapBuffers. So something as simple > as 'mplayer -fs -vo gl' should be enough to achieve tear-free playback on most > DE (you may have to tweak a few compositor settings if using one though). Is this also true when you use multiple monitors (xrandr output follows)? Because I use mplayer -fs -vo gl with xf86-video-intel 8066bc33d78e78ce7c13833b08a7daaea2f3ed22 (AccelMethod SNA, TearFree not set) and I do notice tearing.
Here’s my xrandr output: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3520 x 1200, maximum 32767 x 32767 VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI1 connected 1600x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 275mm 1600x1200 60.0*+ 1280x1024 75.0 72.0 60.0 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 720x400 70.1 DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI2 connected 1920x1200+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 296mm 1920x1200 60.0*+ 1600x1200 60.0 1680x1050 60.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1440x900 75.0 59.9 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 640x480 72.8 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 HDMI3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755841 Title: [sandybridge] Graphics tearing when playing video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz-core/+bug/755841/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
