Screen Tearing on Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon

[tj007]

I have a computer that is a year or so old. It has a Core i5 with onboard Intel HD Graphics 2000. I know it doesn't have a video card and onboard video sucks, etc...But it should still be able to play videos fullscreen without tearing.

I loaded Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon on it a few days ago. I absolutely love the OS so far except for this one issue. Videos whether streamed from YouTube or Played from VLC locally have some bad screen tearing going on. I don't think there are any intel video drivers I could download as I tried and it said there are none compatible for my OS and my Intel HD Graphics 2000, so I'm just using the default ones that linux mint automatically used.

I read online to do the following...

/etc/enviroment
CLUTTER_PAINT=disable-clipped-redraws:di­sable-culling
CLUTTER_VBLANK=True

I've added those two lines to /etc/environment and rebooted. It seemed to help a little, but I'm still getting some tearing. The tearing seems the worst or most noticeable when the videos are fullscreen.

I've heard some people saying to disable compositing? I've heard some people say to use https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton

I just feel like there should be a way to fix this just using Cinnamon...or is this a bug in the software?

Note: I don't get screen tearing with Windows 7, but I enjoy using and playing with Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

Please Help, Thanks.

[nomko]

First of all, there are much more threads on this forum with similar complaints/questions/issues regarding screen tearing. Before posting a new thread, it is wise and recommended (see the forum rules) to search the forum first for potst with similar problems/issues/questions.
Secondly: Also read the forum rules about providing detailed info as much as possible. It is not like we have a magical crystal ball here to look in to see what the specifications of your system is. So, to provide us with relevant info, please run this terminal command and paste the output here:

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inxi -Fxz

Check this: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Sc ... uxmint.com
You should find a solution here.

Good luck!

[tj007]

System: Host: mediacenter-p7-1423w Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: p7-1423w
Mobo: Foxconn model: 2ADA version: 1.00 Bios: AMI version: 8.12 date: 12/14/2012
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-2320 CPU (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 23944.7
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