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Hi,
I am having some issues with some WMV files.
When i video starts to ply it is not smooth like an AVI file,i mean it stutters / freezes but you can still here the music/talking throught the speakers etc but the picture on the screen is now seconds behind etc.
It does then catch up but need to know why it does this.
Is it a different codec etc being used in the WMV file and VLC does not support it correctly ????
This does not happen with all WMV files that i have.
Some work fine with no issues at all.
If you need any more info please advise.
Ps
How can i find out what codec etc is being used so i can be more specific with the files that have issues so i can let you know.
THANKS

Could you please upload a sample?

I think the WMV file that you are viewing is probably using the WMV3 video codec, which (as far as I know) is not yet fully supported/has bugs in FFmpeg/VLC media player.

One thing you could try is overriding default codecs with DirectShow ones by using the commandline (add to the "Customise" box when opening file) the code: The video should then be decoded by Window's DirectShow codecs instead.

Cheers, Arite.