VC-1/H.264 playback too slow with VLC

[vlan-user]

Luckily I managed to find a codec to resolve my problem (somewhat); at least it plays , sounds are in-sync. Although it occasionally skips frames, still better than what I had before. Now I am just waiting for the next thing to break it.

[Spacecatx]

Ok I just installed the latest VLC player 0.8.6f and when I first played an .mkv file it played okay. But now when I play it (the same .mvk file), the video comes out pixellated and the video seems to freeze as well. I did not have this problem with xvid/divx encoded files one almost the same size of the said mkv file and one slightly smaller. I thought it had something to do with the skins and then the file itself but now I'm not sure.

My computer is a Toshiba A75-S231 with a 3.3 Ghz processor with windows XP with 512 ram.

[VLC_help]

How high you CPU usage goes when you play that MKV file? have you tried to reset VLC settings?

[Spacecatx]

It worked thanks.

[Spacecatx]

I recently upgraded to the current version. I tried to rest the settening before I used the player but now when I play it I once again becomes frozen in mid-play no matter what I do.

[VLC_help]

Spacecatx: you mean 0.8.6 or 0.9.0?

[MetalheadGautham]

I recently upgraded to the current version. I tried to rest the settening before I used the player but now when I play it I once again becomes frozen in mid-play no matter what I do.

By "current", which version do you mean ? Use the about dialogue for the version number.

[Spacecatx]

Sorry. Turn's out that it was my computer. It's been working alright since I got it back from the repair shop.

[beemerrox]

I suffer from the same problem, the x264 files pixelate or freeze or the sound gets choppy.

I use VLC 0.9.4.
My computer setup is
AMD Turion X2 Dual Core 2.00 Ghz
3 GB RAM
Nvidia 8200M G GPU

I can't understand why I should suffer from this problem.....please help me =)

[VLC_help]

If you watch HD H.264 material, you computer just hasn't enough speed for VLC. You can try the loop filter trick.
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-0.9 ... s_too_slow

[rbc]

hi I'm new with computer and vlc, I have a gateway lx . w/ati hybird graphics card ,amd phenom x4, w/ vista home-64; I ripped a blue ray movie it is x264 mkv, haved in my files, it play but every few sec. freeze- yust video and audio runs good, downloaded the k lite codecs package w/ 321 media player and runs great but out of sync. betwen video + audio, I uninstal everything and start over. how I can set up filters in vlc or speed, in vlc message: error 5 sec. late ( computer is too slow?), HOW I can fix this problem, ps: have the latest vlc version downloaded 2 day ago.

[rbc]

forgot! 8 GB RAM

[VLC_help]

If that loop filter trick doesn't help, there isn't anything you can do to make playback better in VLC. We have to just wait that FFMPEG/libavcodec decoding gets better.

[rbc]

thanks! vlc_help, finally was able to see move!, now I have some other questions may be you can help me?, only thing I had during this move is that sometimes the move frezee + pixle yust for 1 or 2 sec. then corrects himself,only happens about 3 or 4 times for the whole move-- I don't know if it is the move or that I need to use the stream or convert-- I don't understand too much about it--remember I'm new w/comp. so what they do? + what should be the perfect way to fix this detail + to meke it the resolution to 1080p it feels like regular video-remember the move is a blu ray + I'm using my plasma 1080p (panasonic) 50s as monitor, also if it is posible to make it really full screen so the aspect radio will really use all my tv screen?, I use the crop and aspect ratio in vlc looks good but won't use 100% of my tv screen, don't know if you can help me whith this one but will be apreciated. or maybe you can send me to the correct forum to learn about those things.

[Ohajiki]

I have exactly the same problem, even after adjustments.

I also have audio/video sync problems with MPC+CCP

[Ohajiki]

Sussed it.

My computer cpu consumption is usually set to low thanks to frequent power cuts in the place where I teach (nothing worse than the lights going out and taking all your marking with it).

So if I crank up the CPU juice it plays perfectly in conjunction with the frame skipping thing.

So check your computers using all it's power.

[VLC_help]

Ohajiki: if you want to use MPC, don't install codec packs. Only codecs/splitters you need. For example haali splitter+ffdshow should work without audio sync issues.

only thing I had during this move is that sometimes the move frezee + pixle yust for 1 or 2 sec. then corrects himself,only happens about 3 or 4 times for the whole move

those scenes have higher bitrate than rest of the movie and that causes VLC to slow down.

I use the crop and aspect ratio in vlc looks good but won't use 100% of my tv screen

you can't use 100% of your TV screen unless the video has the same aspect ratio as your TV. Most DVD and Blu-ray movies have aspect ratio 2,40:1 and normal HDTV has aspect ratio 1,778. You can crop the picture, but in that case you lose some video. You can also change aspect ratio, but that will make everything look like too fat/thin.

[genothomas]

Try it by enabling GPU acceleration in Input and codec settings and change lower video quality post-processing level to 0. Sure, you will get good results by this.