VLC .mkv problems....

DJTaurus · Nov 19, 2012, 06:25 AM

VLC laggs while playing some of the mkv rip (H264/4gb) nba games i download.... it also lags in fast for/backward. In the other hand it never laggs with 1080/720p mp4 movies.

I tried to watch the nba mkv rip with movist and it played buttery smooth with no lag.

Its obvious a codec problem.... any solution (maybe on settings) cause in Vlc the image quality seems better than on movist....?

aarond12 · Nov 19, 2012, 09:22 AM

Whoever encoded those rips may have done a poor job with the encoding, causing VLC to struggle with the decode process.

What kind of computer? How high is your CPU utilization during playback of 1080p movies versus this content? Have you tried transcoding one of those videos using Handbrake and playing back the transcoded version (fixes many encoding problems)?

DJTaurus · Nov 19, 2012, 11:01 AM

mac mini base model i3 mid 2011.

No i didnt try to convert those files to mp4 with handbrake.

But its not only me with that problem:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1023163

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DJTaurus macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2012	VLC .mkv problems.... VLC laggs while playing some of the mkv rip (H264/4gb) nba games i download.... it also lags in fast for/backward. In the other hand it never laggs with 1080/720p mp4 movies. I tried to watch the nba mkv rip with movist and it played buttery smooth with no lag. Its obvious a codec problem.... any solution (maybe on settings) cause in Vlc the image quality seems better than on movist....? __________________ Twitter
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aarond12 macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dallas, TX USA	Whoever encoded those rips may have done a poor job with the encoding, causing VLC to struggle with the decode process. What kind of computer? How high is your CPU utilization during playback of 1080p movies versus this content? Have you tried transcoding one of those videos using Handbrake and playing back the transcoded version (fixes many encoding problems)? __________________ Voted "Most likely to start his own cult" by my high school class.
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DJTaurus Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2012	mac mini base model i3 mid 2011. No i didnt try to convert those files to mp4 with handbrake. But its not only me with that problem: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1023163 __________________ Twitter
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