[MPlayer-users] gl vs gl2: both are broken

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 06:51:24PM +0300, kirillkh wrote:
> My mplayer version is SVN r24722. Videocard is ATI HD 3850, using fglrx
> driver. In the fglrx settings, "wait for vertical refresh" is set to "always
> on", ignoring application settings.

MPlayer explicitly tries to turn on vsync with gl vo.

> I get video tearing with "-vo gl:yuv=3", but not with "-vo gl2:yuv=3".

Though given the number of bugs in the ATI drivers I can imagine that
they end up doing the opposite of what MPlayer tells them.
Try -vo gl:yuv=3:swapinterval=-1

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger