[mythtv-users] video tearing sometimes

[Mark Perkins]

On 13 November 2017 11:07:36 am Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com> wrote:

> While this isn’t specifically a mythtv issue, I’m betting most mythtv users 
> have done this and maybe can help me.
>
> My recorded TV plays great on my Mythbuntu 16.04 frontend, a Core i3-3217 
> NUC computer.  but when I exit mythtv frontend and try to play an Amazon 
> Instant Video using either Firefox or Google Chrome I get tearing on high 
> action scenes like camera panning. The video requires DRM on the browsers, 
> but I don’t know if that’s a problem.  I don’t have this issue on similar 
> generations of Macs, or Windows machines.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> _______________________________________________

What does top show when playing an Amazon Instant Video and how does that 
compare to when Mythfrontend is playing?

Once upon a time I remember having to enable / force hardware decoding in 
my Linux browsers. There was a different set of instructions for each IIRC.

This might give a lead. 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/491750/force-enable-hardware-acceleration-in-firefox