I have this same problem on my mac. I have a powerbook 1 ghz running the latest version of os x. I've had it for a while. I posted about it before but nobody was able to help me out.
For some reason lately, whenever I click on a .avi and have VLC start up and run, there is a like a hesitation before anything plays. Then when the file does start playing, it's like 9 seconds already into the file. This doesn't happen if you close the file but keep VLC open and then click on the fi...