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This does not seem to work very well. Picture gets distorted and playback is halted. An error message apperas regularly: ffmpeg: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?) Trying to play the same file with Quicktime renders a white image; no video is diplayed. On the o...

Reviving this thread again... It was not possible to just deactivate the subtitles. However, the problem with the subtitles could be solved by just removing every subitle file (.srt) into another folder. Now the movie plays nicely !! So, if you have a mpeg2 .ts movie with SRT subtitle files, just re...

Thanks for the answer ! So the message was about subtitles...just shows how little i know ! As for the coding, the ts- files were recognized as mpeg2 by OS X and VLC. I think that it said codec: mpegv in the info-> advanced window. The movie came with .srt subtitle files in the same folder as the .t...

The message that I put in the subject field, is what I get when trying to play a .ts-stream movie, coded in mpeg2 and with 1080p resolution. No video whatsoever will show. My interpretation is that somehow the computer is to slow ( a Powermac G5 1.8 Ghz ???) to play the movie at its original framera...

Hello, I have problems playing a high definition (1080p) movie encoded with Xvid and in .avi file format. The messages window says the following: ffmpeg warning: cannot decode one frame (47456 bytes) ffmpeg warning: header damaged (mpeg4@0x28bdc00) ffmpeg warning: cannot decode one frame (7 bytes) f...

Hello, I have used VLC for some time, and have problems playing some files. 1. When playing an .avi-file with Xvid codec, the picture occasionally brakes up in lager pixels when changing scenes, and the movie hangs for a couple of seconds sometimes. There is no error message. With some .avi- files/X...