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I was wondering how come VLC can't play mkv's fluently, but when I play the file in osxmbc, its fluent and I got more then enough cpu to spare...
Is it possible as that project is also opensource to use their ffmpeg decoder for VLC ?

i found it the same way for PPC Macs, VLC is bad for playing back anything in a .mkv (even a low quality divx movie in one is unwatchable). but when i use MPlayer OS X or Niceplayer i can play most of my movies in a .mkv format.

i dont know whats up with VLC and .mkv containers. it seems to handle them all wrong (there is also a few other codecs that do the same but play fine in another player). like you said if osxmbc (or MPlayer or Niceplayer) can play a .mkv just fine then something is up with VLC that can be fixed.

Agreed. Mplayer (when I can make it work -- ugh) does do a better job than VLC with MKVs, but VLC is more stable than Mplayer, at least for me. I'm on a dual 800 PPC G4.

Agreed. Mplayer (when I can make it work -- ugh) does do a better job than VLC with MKVs, but VLC is more stable than Mplayer, at least for me. I'm on a dual 800 PPC G4.

Well mplayer does a little bit of a better job, but its still nothing compared to how osxmbc plays HD especially noticeable with the 1080p ones.
My system is a Intel c2d 2.33mhz

i have to agree... the Xbmc for Os x is a very good port... I just hope it's gona have as much functions like on the xbox...

Nightly builds should be more stable on MKV.
About HD playback, we are working on it.

Nightly builds should be more stable on MKV.
About HD playback, we are working on it.

I actually didn't have any stability problems, just really slow decoding.
Allot of messages as below.

ffmpeg: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)