TM 900 and VLC 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 at DVinfo.net

Alastair Traill · July 6th, 2012, 06:15 AM

When I bought a 3.4 GHz iMac I found I had to upgrade my VLC player also. Whereas my original VLC played TM 900 material smoothly on my earlier iMac, version 2.0.1 and now 2.0.2 do not play smoothly on the new iMac. With both these versions the recording plays for 2 to 3 seconds and then stops for a similar period before repeating the cycle.

I would appreciate any help.

Andy Wilkinson · July 6th, 2012, 07:35 AM

Check it's not got a wonky setting like automatically trying to de-interlace it (or something like that). I think something like that happened on my Windows 7 box a few months ago - lots of stuttering playback until i worked out that I'd accidentally (somehow!) messed up a setting in the preferences - actually I think it did it "all by itself" :-).

I've just downloaded VLC 2.0.2 on my Mac Pro as I've just updated to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (I was running 2.0.1 on Leopard until 2 days ago and that was just fine for TM900 playback).

EDIT; Have just tried a TM900 1080p50 clip off my RAID 0 and it plays just fine.

Alastair Traill · July 6th, 2012, 07:42 AM

Thanks Andy, that sounds encouraging.

July 6th, 2012, 06:15 AM	#1
Alastair Traill Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 626	TM 900 and VLC 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 When I bought a 3.4 GHz iMac I found I had to upgrade my VLC player also. Whereas my original VLC played TM 900 material smoothly on my earlier iMac, version 2.0.1 and now 2.0.2 do not play smoothly on the new iMac. With both these versions the recording plays for 2 to 3 seconds and then stops for a similar period before repeating the cycle. I would appreciate any help.

July 6th, 2012, 07:35 AM	#2
Andy Wilkinson Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 2,853	Re: TM 900 and VLC 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Check it's not got a wonky setting like automatically trying to de-interlace it (or something like that). I think something like that happened on my Windows 7 box a few months ago - lots of stuttering playback until i worked out that I'd accidentally (somehow!) messed up a setting in the preferences - actually I think it did it "all by itself" :-). I've just downloaded VLC 2.0.2 on my Mac Pro as I've just updated to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (I was running 2.0.1 on Leopard until 2 days ago and that was just fine for TM900 playback). EDIT; Have just tried a TM900 1080p50 clip off my RAID 0 and it plays just fine. __________________ Andy K Wilkinson - https://www.shootingimage.co.uk Cambridge (UK) Corporate Video Production

July 6th, 2012, 07:42 AM	#3
Alastair Traill Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 626	Re: TM 900 and VLC 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Thanks Andy, that sounds encouraging.