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#1 2018-03-11 16:48:48

michelesr
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Registered: 2016-02-04
Posts: 74

Laggy video when not using a compositor

I'm mostly watching videos on Youtube via Firefox or VLC, in both I get very laggy video unless I'm running a compositor manager (such as in GNOME or standalone compton).

Does anyone can tell me if it's normal and why a compositor is required to have a fluid video? I use to run some games and in that case the video performance is better without a running compositor.

Environment:

Intel HD Graphics Sandy Bridge (2nd Gen)
Nvidia GeForce GT 520M that I use for gaming with primus
X.Org with "TearFree" "enabled" on the intel driver
Awesome WM

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