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Originally Posted by MrCode
Try going into CompizConfig Settings Manager (Alt+F2, "ccsm"), going into the General Options, and in the Display Settings tab, uncheck "Unredirect fullscreen windows" (if not already unchecked). This should stop the media player from gaining direct screen access when you put it in fullscreen mode; Compiz will redirect content to an offscreen buffer first so it can blit it to the screen buffer at its own discretion, allowing for things like VSync etc. to work.
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Checking that option is what finally fixed it for me.
That's with Compiz.
Screen tearing with xcompmgr seems to be unfixable.
In both cases, I'm using vdpau.
