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I'm playing videos over a 802.11n wireless LAN. I have lots of problems where when I play videos this way, I get frequent freezes. There are some buffering settings, but they don't help much, and they also introduce a long delay for pause to take effect. This issue has been brought up before, but it...

I don't know that downgrading is going to help you. I had these problems with the previous version, which is why I upgraded. Is there any way to talk to the developers about this?

Thanks for the response. The server is using SMB, but it's an unloaded quad-core Core 2 Duo running at 3.4GHz, running Linux. I don't think the problem is the server. Are there any other options that might help?

I'm experiencing lots of stuttering problems, and I hope someone can help me sort out the problems. To begin with, I have a fast CPU, a Core 2 Duo, and when I copy any video to the local drive, it plays back flawlessly. I have problems, however, when I try to play back from a network drive. I get lo...

I have a file server that has my videos on it, and I'm using SMB to mount the file system on my Mac. When I play videos with VLC, I find that there is a fair amount of stuttering in the video and audio. I suspect that while the wireless LAN is fast enough on average, there may be interference that r...