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Hi, If I use all default settings (codecs - there are probably 2 options to decode h264, x264 & ffmpeg, etc.), what should I set regarding framedropping in order to get glitch free playback without blocking or image distortion? By default I have videos that play just fine but in case of some more complex scenes CPU obviously is not fast enough and VLC defaults to a type of framedropping/skipping that distorts the image. What are my options If I'd rather see VLC being stuck (or dropping fps) instead of this? The point is - since this only happens rarely, I'd rather have perfect picture all the time (with occasional slowdown) instead of distortions progressing to many frames after. Thanks.

Loop filter trick usually helps
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.1 ... s_too_slow

read this already, can affect quality of the rest 99% of the movie when my cpu is powerfull enough; please stick with the subject of the question; thanks

AFAIK the frame dropping/skipping doesn't work like it should, so there isn't any way to get it like that.

ok, thanks; I've tried turning off looping filter and the picture looks good, so it's a way to go