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i tried several versions of VLC 0.7.2, 0.8.0 and 0.8.1 and i still get the same bug when playing some DivX AVI files, from times to times (quite often and not at random) it seems like an older frame is displayed instead of the current one, so the video kind of "stutters". I tried several dozens of different files with various bitrates and resolution and get the same bug, except some files will show it more often... I don't think it's a performance issue CPU usage is never more than 70% (P4 2.85 GHz with 400 DDR memory) I tried both GDI and DirectX video output modes and get the same bug. All those files play correctly with the regular DivX codec in WMP or ZoomPlayer,etc... mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 videos play fine in VLC the problem only happens with divx/xvid...
current setup:
VLC 0.8.1
W2K Pro SP4 (DirectX 9.0c)
Ati Radeon 7500 (driver 6.14.10.6483)

its easy update your driver

I also recently ran into this...

Downloaded an older AVI, and on playing it with VLC the video periodically shudders as though there is a frame ordering issue. Playing it with MPC and XVID codec is fine, playing it with WMP 6.4 and 3IVX codec is also fine.

The frequency with which it happens makes me think it has something to do with the transition between GOPs (ie at I-frames) but that's a guess.

Gspot reports it is a DivX Style "packed bitstream" AVI, DX50 codec, with BVOP and NVOP, and userdata is DivX503b1338p, CBR MP3 audio.

A google turned up something on the divx site that may or may not be relevant...

Version 5.0.6 Released 2002-05-30
Fixed: Bug in the DivX AVI exporter that produced movies which didn't play correctly in vlc.

Does this trigger anyone's memory?
If so, is there any way to process the AVI file to fix whatever is wrong with it (preferred) or is there some VLC setting that will allow it to respond the way the other player/codec combos do?

Thanks!