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Posted: **08 Mar 2013 07:57**

Aberrant behavior:
Video will randomly freeze for 5-10 seconds, debug window when pulled up will have the log posted below.

video format most heavily impacted: xvid avi, general mpeg4 in any container. (least affected, h.264 matroska)

System Summary:
OS 10.8.2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 16 GB

VLC Version:
Version 2.0.5 Twoflower (Intel 64bit)

Log Paste:

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main warning: PTS is out of range (-2007), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-24706), dropping buffer
mpgatofixed32 debug: libmad error: bad main_data_begin pointer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (282103), clearing out
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (jitter of 38588 ms ignored)
main warning: PTS is out of range (277510), dropping buffer
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 1%
main debug: Buffering 1%
main debug: Buffering 2%
main debug: Buffering 2%
main debug: Buffering 3%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 3%
main debug: Buffering 4%
main debug: Buffering 4%
main debug: Buffering 4%
main debug: Buffering 5%
main debug: Buffering 5%
main debug: Buffering 6%
main debug: Buffering 6%
main debug: Buffering 7%
main debug: Buffering 7%
>>> snipped for brevity<<<
main debug: Buffering 92%
main debug: Buffering 93%
main debug: Buffering 93%
main debug: Buffering 94%
main debug: Buffering 94%
main debug: Buffering 95%
main debug: Buffering 95%
main debug: Buffering 96%
main debug: Buffering 96%
main debug: Buffering 96%
main debug: Buffering 97%
main debug: Buffering 97%
main debug: Buffering 98%
main debug: Buffering 98%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (5600 ms in 22926 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms

Posted: **30 May 2013 23:18**

I have exactly the same problem, as have many users, so I see.
I'm also on an iMac with i7 processor and OSX 10.8.3 and 8GB int. memory running VLC 2.0.6 Twoflower)

Isn't there any solution????

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main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662497), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6662497), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662593), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6630593), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662623), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6598623), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662650), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6566650), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662686), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6534686), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662743), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6502743), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662770), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6470770), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6662796), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6438796), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6666304), clearing out
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1000 ms)
main warning: PTS is out of range (6410304), dropping buffer
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (6666412), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (6378412), dropping buffer
main warning: early picture skipped
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 33%
main debug: Buffering 68%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1001 ms in 428 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 58 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-11990), dropping buffer
main debug: End of video preroll
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 35 ms)

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main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (jitter of 6402 ms ignored)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main warning: early picture skipped
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 37%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1045 ms in 49 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 129 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-9953), dropping buffer
main debug: End of video preroll
freetype debug: looking for Arial Unicode MS
freetype debug: found /Library/Fonts/Arial Unicode.ttf
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 35 ms)

Posted: **02 Jun 2013 23:18**

[UPDATE] Some people suggested an update to version 2.0.7 (nightly build) but the same problem persists in this version.
[UPDATE 2] I just tested versions 2.0.4, 2.0.5 and 2.1.0 latest build, but the stuttering keeps occuring.

Might it be the combination VLC with an 27" iMac with i7 core? Because I only read of the same problems from people with this specific type of Mac.

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