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TheChickenMan

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[SOLVED] Video artifacts when recording in cinnamon

When I try to take a recording of an application in Cinnamon I get artifacts in the video where the desktop shows through from behind my program. This appears as a horizontal bar periodically throughout the recording. This didn't happen with gnome and so I am assuming that it's a cinnamon issue. I'm not really sure what causes it but I researched a bit and attempted the "tearing" fix that is suggested (adding lines to /etc/environment). This does not seem to have done anything helpful but the issue did not appear to me to be a tearing problem anyway though similar. I have included below a short video clip showcasing the issue. It was recorded in Kazam though I have tried nearly all of the screencasting programs suggested in the wiki and they all produce the same results. Suggestions appreciated, thanks.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pv9s3nfwcxhv … 4.mp4?dl=0

Edit: --- This was solved by adding the below configurations to
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Device0"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	VendorName	"NVIDIA Corporation"
	BoardName	"GeForce GTX 550 Ti"
	Option		"TripleBuffer" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Screen0"
	Device		"Device0"
	# http://gloriouseggroll.tv/2016-arch-linux-nvidia-get-rid-of-screen-tearing-and-stuttering/
	# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA/Tips_and_tricks#Avoid_tearing_with_GeForce_500.2F600.2F700.2F900_series_cards
	Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
EndSection

Last edited by TheChickenMan (2016-05-22 01:28:56)

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