Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

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Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

Postby theosib » 30 Aug 2008 15:06

I have a file server that has my videos on it, and I'm using SMB to mount the file system on my Mac. When I play videos with VLC, I find that there is a fair amount of stuttering in the video and audio. I suspect that while the wireless LAN is fast enough on average, there may be interference that results in increased latency at times. I've looked through the preferences and I can't find an appropriate option. Is there a way to increase the amount of buffering in memory so I don't get these skips and stutters?

Thanks!

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Re: Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

Postby munkymorgy » 08 Sep 2008 17:56

I also suffer from this problem. I can copy entire video file from my sever to macbook over wifi in 2-3minutes, yet it will not play back with out stuttering every few minutes. I would like to know if there is away to increase buffer length, 30-60 seconds should manage to get my videos to play back smoothly.

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Morgy

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Re: Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

Postby xrmb » 14 Sep 2008 02:37

http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id245368

open it, search for caching... there should be many, pick the one you need... i used this one:

[access_file] # File input
# integer (Caching value in ms)
file-caching=5000

there is one problem with it, it takes about 5sec before the video starts, and it cuts it 5sec short...

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Re: Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

Postby munkymorgy » 14 Sep 2008 09:39

[quote="xrmb"]http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id245368
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The bookmark 245368 does not appear to exist on that page and when searching that page cache or caching never appear.
Did you post the correct base url?

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Re: Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

Postby xrmb » 14 Sep 2008 18:39

yeah, why did the url change over night...? Its under point 1.3

Its sad that VLC has so many options but you cant change them in the GUI... I think this one is a very useful one

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Re: Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

Postby Roamerick » 17 Sep 2008 19:11

Actually it is in the GUI. In the settings, enable All settings shown, then go to

Input/Codecs > Access modules > File > Caching value in ms

Only problem is, in the latest version this setting seems to have been disregarded, so I had to go back to 8.2 in order to use my network to play vids.

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Re: Increase buffering for video play over LAN?

Postby xrmb » 18 Sep 2008 03:45

oh, wow... never went that deep in the config. but i see the feature in 0.9 at the same location...


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