When using mplayer, I switched between all possible output. I used to use vdpau. I had the same problem with vlc and kaffeine. Nvidia vsync option also haven't work.
2014/1/16 Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> > On 16/01/14 03:12, João Matos wrote: > >> Dear list, >> >> I'm having problem to watch videos on Gentoo, since I can't remember. I >> got stripes all the time, but it get worse iv the scene is fast. >> >> A couple days ago, a friend borrowed my Nvidia gt 240, and I started to >> use my at-least-seven-year-old onboard Intel card. For my surprise, I >> can watch any videos without problem. >> >> Unfortunately I didn't get my card back to do some testing, but I'd like >> to share it with you to see if someone had any similar problem. My >> system is ~amd64, including the nvidia-drivers. >> >> Thank you, >> > > The problem is Xv output. There seems to be a bug in driver that results > in tearing and rendering corruption on the tearing line. > > VDPAU and GL output should be working correctly. > > > -- João Neto Linux User #461527 http://br.linkedin.com/pub/jo%C3%A3o-de-matos/7/316/552