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Rather than start a new topic, I am bumping an old one. Reason: I'm having, basically, the same problem with VLC 1.1.5. All this time (since February of 2008), I've stuck with VLC 0.8.6e because it just worked right for my needs. However, I'm now needing to play back some .m2ts mepg video files and ...

I found a solution! VLC was the only application on my Mac that would load and play the .dat video files from the DVR. I had tried HandBrake (first, actually), but it wouldn't recognize the files properly. As it turns out, my copy of HandBrake was a couple of versions too old. When I upgraded to the...

I have a home video surveillance DVR system that outputs backup video files in a .dat format. VLC (latest version) on the Mac will load these files and play them just fine. But I need to convert (transcode) the video to a MP4 or h.264 or whatever format that I can playback in QuickTime player (or ev...

I am VERY pleased to report that the "flashes back to the desktop" has, apparently, been fixed with the release of VLC 0.8.6e! I've tested it by assembling and playing six different playlists on two different Mac computers (Mac Pro and Mac Mini). Each playlist had varying content... some 7...

I realize I'm comparing Apples (QuickTime) and Oranges (VLC).. (Hey, that's pretty funny!) but... Apple's minimum CPU recommendations for QuickTime: 720p - 1.8 GHz G5 or 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo 1080p - Dual 2.0 GHz G5 or 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo That said.... My 1.33 GHz PowerBook G4 chokes on anythin...

Unfortunately, further use of 0.8.6 shows that it really hasn't improved the flashes to the desktop problem at all, even with the same size files (1080p to 1080p) back to back. I guess I just got lucky with the few test passes I did on my dual G5. Not so lucky in further testing, both on my G5 and p...

Well, I downloaded 0.8.6 with great anticipation. But, unfortunately, the new version still suffers from the flashes to the desktop problem. Very disappointed but I understand the limited developer resources. I sure wish I was a programmer so I could contribute more than money. That said, in my init...

Felix, THANK YOU for the reply!! It is good to know that that the developers are aware of the situation and planning to provide an improvement to eliminate the flashes to the desktop. I'll keep my fingers crossed for 0.8.6! Question: Would it be easier (or even possible) to put an option in preferen...

Thank you for the response. I sent a PM to one of the devs but haven't received a reply yet.

Mark

DJ, Thanks! I'm already using full screen mode. Understand about the libraries. But I find it curious that I get the flashes to the desktop if the trailer Posiedon follows the trailer for Superman Returns, but I don't get the flashes if Posiedon is played immediately before Superman Returns. They ar...

Hello! I have a Mac Mini with Intel dual-core processor. I am considering installing Windows XP (using Apple Boot Camp) to subsequently run VLC in the Windows environment to, hopefully, get around a problem I am having using the Mac OS X (for Intel) version of VLC. On the Mac OS X side, when using V...

One thought I had on how these flashes to the desktop between video files might be solved is to simply have VLC display a blank (black) screen between files in the playlist. Sort of putting itself on blank (black) pause in between. BTW, is this forum the best way for the programmers to know about fe...

Unfortunately, Quicktime doesn't support AC3 audio without a plug-in. And I believe the plug-in that folks have been using has been broken under Quicktime 7.1+. And I'm not sure if Quicktime supports VOB (.ts) files at all. In addition to my custom home theater intro, all of my THX and Dolby Digital...

I've eliminated the speed of my Mac Mini as the culprit. I just tried the pre-movie VLC playlist feature on my Dual-processor 2.7GHz PowerMac G5. Same flashes to the desktop. In fact, I can't seem to get it to NOT flash back to the desktop between clips. On the Mini, every once in awhile the gap wou...

Hi! New to the forum and also relatively new to VLC. I have a Intel dual-core Mac Mini that I am using as a home theater PC. I have been experimenting with VLC's playlist feature to play a couple custom home theater intros (one a QuickTime .mov file and the other a .TS file), as well as a couple of ...