Tearing with nVidia drivers and mplayer with “-vo xv”
October 15th, 2008 by acmelab68
Well, let’s start with the conclusion: setting XV_SYNC_TO_VBLANK has no effect, if a second monitor is attached. But let’s start at the very beginning: What is tearing? Well, this is how Wikipedia defines it: Screen tearing is a phenomenon in video where a previously rendered frame overlaps a newly rendered frame, creating a torn look [...]
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