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I had the same problem, and it was due to the mouse, as powellbob424 discovered. I tried everything else, even reinstallation of VLC, but the problem was fixed by unplugging and replugging the mouse receiver. I tried removing batteries from the mouse, but that didn't work, so the problem must have s...

One solution to remove that sort of metadata tag is to open the file in freeware MPEG Streamclip, then resave it (Save As...) in the same format. The file won't be remuxed, so it takes just seconds. When saving, there's a box to add a tag, but it's okay to leave it blank. Leaving it blank will erase...

Let's see. I also cleaned a bunch of other caches, too. System caches: maybe Quicktime components and audio components caches were the culprits? I wasn't methodical about it, just threw Onyx at every cache cleaning job available. The point is that I'd been experiencing extreme stuttering for over a ...

True, but try cleaning font caches and other caches by other means anyway. (Onyx will be updated soon.) My VLC stuttering problem disappeared, and so did my intense frustration with VLC. I felt profound relief. Maybe VLC is not to blame for these issues, because corrupted caches can wreak havoc on m...

Try using Onyx, the free maintenance app. Under "Cleaning," purge all User and Font caches. Restart. This got rid of my stuttering problem after I had tried all the usual methods, multiple times. (Deleting prefs. Deleting VLC and reinstalling. Increasing cache under Preference >> Input /Co...

It's still happening. The message window shows "PTS is out of range" multiple times whenever the video stutters.

I should add that the stutters are not occurring at the same place when the .avi files are played a second time. I thought maybe the files are segmented and that could explain the stutters, but they occur at random times.

I had the same problem on a Macbook core 2 duo 2.4 GHz running Leopard 10.5.4 Now the problem has worsened. Playback is choppy on all .avi files, with skipped-frame stutters every 15 seconds or so. Reinstalling VLC did not change this behavior. VLC version h and i both do this, as does the most rece...