On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:43:19 +1100 Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/03/12 21:11, AG wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've noticed, using Debian stable, that DVD and *.flv > > flv in unindexed, so can be a problem in itself. > > > playback tends to > > be jerky. That is, the motion of the actors, etc., seems to jump in > > short but noticeable ways, as if the playback is dropping several frames > > and picking it up again. The sound track is fine, no jumps, but the > > movement on screen does seem to be a little jerky. It doesn't seem to > > happen on other media players, or at least isn't as noticeable. > > > > As a VLC novice, how do I address this? Any pointers for me to look at, > > and if so, what *should* I be paying attention to? > Could be that your dropping frames for some reason. > Start the movie with VLC then press Ctrl+M to bring up the Messages dialog. > Also check dmesg | tail. > The info from those should help the list diagnose the problem. > > Also some box specs will be useful. > > You can of course rule out the DVD read by copying one of the VOBs to > the hard drive and viewing it from there with VLC. You can also try playback using a different application, such as mplayer, to see if your problem is VLC specific. Mplayer gives a big fat warning when it thinks your hardware isn't up to the task of playing a given media file. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120328082503.6207b05b.cele...@gmail.com
