Since I saw fbcompose mentioned above as a lightweight standalone compositor that can produce tear-free output working around this issue, I'd like to mention I've found another similar compositor that seems to be under more active development:
Compton: https://github.com/chjj/compton Its a nice lightweight compositor that doesn't need to replace your window manager or anything, so it can easily be used to work around this issue and get tear-free output. In my testing its been very stable too. Using it with: compton --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --glx-no-stencil --vsync opengl-swc successfully completely removes tearing for me on both my intel machines (including in fullscreen video and with multiple displays), and performs better than using the TearFree xorg option :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz 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/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
