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I've been following on this thread for a while, I also own a Macbook pro, last generation 2.4 ghz 17 inch with Geforce 8600M 256mb This problem mostly with x264/mkvs, especially the HD 1080p is just how apple's stuff was poorly implimented... let me explain Perian no doubt is a great tool, but beca...

Thanks for the tip... Its weird the new versions plays better then the old but still crumby. Its cool, sure it will get fixed.

VLC does not use QuickTime. VLC is an opensource player that uses opensource and Free codecs for everything. Apple is using a proprietary codec and on top of that is probably using some hardware acceleration features of your Graphics card to which VLC has no access (complaints to be filed at the GP...

Same problem here. The problem is usually with big mkv files. If they are HD but short (20-30 minutes) there's no problem. When they're long, like 2 and a half hours long, then the problems occur, specially when there are several audio and subtitle tracks involved. I'm in a new MacBook Pro. Edit: I...

It's quite simple though. x264 encoded video is simply CPU intensive to decode. If you cannot, don't whine, but buy a faster computer or don't play the videos (/seek alternative versions). I find that a tough sell. I have a Mac that is not that old, and totally optimized. Secondly other H.264 movie...

Same thing here. I am new to bittorrent and have found latest Anime are in the H.264 codec, as it seems. Playback is pretty poor
9.3 actually made it better but still unwatchable.

Any thoughts or help?

Not all negative thank you for making VLC, great app!
Thanks