Recorded GIFs flicker (Nvidia graphic driver)

[BrainAxe]

Hi, my destop is Linux mint 18.1 cinnamon 64bit and my graphic driver is nvidia video driver. The problem is recorded gifs are flicking with my desktop wallpaper.

[phw]

Thanks for reporting. Could you try if other screen recording software suffers from the same issue?

In the end Peek is just using ffmpeg to do the recording, and issues like this are often driver related in which case there is not much I can do :(

[BrainAxe]

Thanks for replying. I just found out other screen recording software (kazam) also having same problem in screen recording :(

[phw]

Ok. I would love to offer you a workaround, but I have no experience with the Nvidia driver and the available settings and I also can't test it.

Two things I found that could be related:

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/156155/x11grab-flickers-in-opengl-draw-areas
http://askubuntu.com/questions/263996/fixing-the-nvidia-graphics-screen-flicker-issue

I will leave this issue open for a while, maybe somebody else has some idea on this.

[gort818]

I had luck with changing the allow flipping setting for the Nvidia driver.

[phw]

@gort818 Thanks, I added this info the FAQs.

@BrainAxe It would be cool if you could try if this also works for you.

[BrainAxe]

Thanks @gort818 for the information. It works and I am relieved from unwanted pain.
I am very grateful to @phw for keeping this issue opened. I found the setting in OpenGL Settings, here is a screenshot you can add this in FAQs and thanks again. :)

[gort818]

Glad to help guys!

[WolfieWerewolf]

I know this is an old ticket but I also had the same issue and the above solution resolved it for me. Thank you.