Contrary to claims in sibling comments, tearing is definitely still a thing in X11. mpv has a whole FAQ section about it: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wi

Contrary to claims in sibling comments, tearing is definitely still a thing in X11. mpv has a whole FAQ section about it: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ#tearing https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ#tearing Some of the solutions presented there are not mpv-specific, and some of them may even actually help.