Hi, I got a used Mac Mini a while ago. We use one as a TV machine, old one was way past its sell by date and was very laggy so got a newer one with much higher spec (all round). The new one is a Late 2014 Mac Mini, 2.8ghz dual core i5, 16GB Ram, Intel Iris 1500MB.
The old machine had half the RAM, a third of the VRAM, and a much slower processor.
Since setting it up (running Monterey), we noticed glitches when playing video. It also does it when moving the mouse pointer around, it 'sticks' while moving it then jumps to catch up. Videos (mkv/mp4 using quicktime, vlc, any other player) seem to glitch in same way every 5-10 seconds, very annoying. The picture freezes then jumps and catches up. Sometimes it's almost imperceptible (to rest of family anyway, not to me!), and sometimes it's very obvious with everyone noticing.
I am really gutted as the much lower spec old machine was laggy and slow, but didn't do this, with far less spec it could play the same video files smoothly.
Just wondered if anyone can advise where to investigate first? Should I run a hardware test maybe? Or is this a known issue with Monterey perhaps, I've never used Monterey before.
thanks
The old machine had half the RAM, a third of the VRAM, and a much slower processor.
Since setting it up (running Monterey), we noticed glitches when playing video. It also does it when moving the mouse pointer around, it 'sticks' while moving it then jumps to catch up. Videos (mkv/mp4 using quicktime, vlc, any other player) seem to glitch in same way every 5-10 seconds, very annoying. The picture freezes then jumps and catches up. Sometimes it's almost imperceptible (to rest of family anyway, not to me!), and sometimes it's very obvious with everyone noticing.
I am really gutted as the much lower spec old machine was laggy and slow, but didn't do this, with far less spec it could play the same video files smoothly.
Just wondered if anyone can advise where to investigate first? Should I run a hardware test maybe? Or is this a known issue with Monterey perhaps, I've never used Monterey before.
thanks
