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This is what it prints ( when the player work fine for few seconds) before clearing the screen and printing "avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)" vout_directx debug: YUV overlay created successfully vout_directx debug: End NewPictureVec ...

How to I change the frame rate in VLC. I deliberately drop some packets on my input side ( and then stream to a ip/port with live555 ). On the VLC side, I open and sdp file with the relevant information ( framerate adjusted ), but VLC plays for some time and shows this error "avcodec error: mor...

I have a H.264 elementary bit stream with gaps in frame numbers ( it has some dropped packets ). VLC (0.9.2) is unable to play the stream properly. But when I convert the H.264 file to mp4 format ( using YAMB), I am able to play it perfectly. Whats going on ? Does the mp4 file invoke a different dec...