Dan Aloni (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} da_x) wrote,@ 2008-04-29 21:24:00 |
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KDE and tearing problem in video playback
For some time I struggled with an annoying screen tearing problem during video playback on my home PC. I have a 22 wide screen LCD monitor, NVIDIA 7300GT, and I use to run KDE on every Linux distro that I use. I use mplayer to playback my videos.
It happens so, after I upgraded to Ubuntu and used gnome for awhile, I have found the reason for the tearing problem. KDE's translucency feature. This feature, that I have turned on awhile ago (just to play with), seems to cause the problem. It probably changes some fundamental property of the X server once it is activates. Since I don't know how Nvidia implemented their proprietary driver, I can't peer in and see what's causing it.
Anyway, I'm glad this problem is gone.
I hope this post serves useful to whoever finds it.
For some time I struggled with an annoying screen tearing problem during video playback on my home PC. I have a 22 wide screen LCD monitor, NVIDIA 7300GT, and I use to run KDE on every Linux distro that I use. I use mplayer to playback my videos.
It happens so, after I upgraded to Ubuntu and used gnome for awhile, I have found the reason for the tearing problem. KDE's translucency feature. This feature, that I have turned on awhile ago (just to play with), seems to cause the problem. It probably changes some fundamental property of the X server once it is activates. Since I don't know how Nvidia implemented their proprietary driver, I can't peer in and see what's causing it.
Anyway, I'm glad this problem is gone.
I hope this post serves useful to whoever finds it.
