Image stutter

[carizma1]

using iMac 2013 and Xbox 1. my problem is the playback. i have tried to tweak every setting with no luck. when i rip a movie into MKV format uncompressed i get a slight stutter in parts where the camera is panning. on my xbox i do not have this issue using the same bluray disc. i have even noticed this on my compressed movies. any settings that could smooth things out would be greatly appreciated.

i just tried the same MKV HD file on both my mac and the TV and the stutter is still the same.
also i took the same bluray from the xbox and played it on the iMac to the TV and ITS SMOOTH using a Bluray player app.

To Sum up (all the same movie from bluray)
MKV HD from iMac using VLC to TV and on iMac =Stutter
bluray from iMac (using bluray player app) and xbox=No stutter

[cchen23]

Have you tried playing MKV files that were not ripped from bluray? Would the stutter happen then?

[carizma1]

unfortunately the only file i have is from a DVD and it does it too. i rip all my blurays this way and didn't really notice it till i got a sony 4K TV. now the stutter is unbearable. i tried all different settings in the codec and have no clue what to do now. i can even notice it now on my 27" iMac

i did some research and found some info that says MKV file will never be smooth because of the difficult decoding that vlc has to do. if that is true then i have a ton of work to repackage all my movie to m4v LOL. have you heard of anything about certain file formats playing clearer and smoother in VLC

[cchen23]

From what I've seen in the forum threads, no one really has much issue playing regular MKV files. I wonder if ripping from bluray made a difference. I wonder if you ripped it into a different codec, if the stutter would still happen.

[carizma1]

i use make mkv and have been using it for years. ill try to convert my next movie to m4v but i hear that format does not support DTS or the Lossless formats. fingers crossed