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[Michael+freedesktop <755841@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(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)

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  [sandybridge] Graphics tearing when playing video

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