I'd suggest using latest beta / Unstable versions. I use the portable, even though just extract them to my HDD. They have installer or portable /zip versions. All you do is copy / extract the mplayer or mplayer2 files into the correct folder in the SMPlayer GUI / front end. Either way, I like it, but I use the SMplayer GUI w/ it (not SMPLayer2 GUI), though either will work. It also supports newer Open G元 video output that I think makes a difference on some HIGHER res vid. Release notes say what changes are.Ĥ) MPlayer2 (win version here mplayer2_lachsOr's Index of downloads ) Plus have drivers that ALSO handle these types of files, resolutions, etc. Also, depending on your graphics card (or integrated graphics) - need a pretty good GPU that is capable of playing the format & resolution/ data rates of newer, hi res vids. What works can depend on your graphics drivers & capability.ģ) You could try playing in WMP to see if have same issue. MAYBE someone on VLC forum could pinpoint.įor Vista, W7, VLC says suggested video output type is DirectX 3D, but I've also used OpenGL. If it does it on most all vids (is it all, or just some?), then either wrong setting(s), possible VLC corrupted file (could COMPLETELY uninstall / reinstall), or VLC has bug / known issue w/ that type file or media. On some, could just be slight file / frames corruption. I have fast quad processor & plenty free RAM. You'd think default settings would work & mostly they do, but I've had to change a few default settings for to play vids off HDD, time to time. Could search their fourm or post there.Ģ) I don't play DVDs w/ VLC, but settings must be correct for DVD to play well. A built in or available user manual or Help File is something all are lacking.ġ) VLC had some issues w/ DVDs in past - not sure what all. Users MAY still have to change their video output module (or not), depending on their GPU & drivers - whether integrated graphics or discreet card. I can't say for sure - haven't used MCP-HC of SMP that long, but they both seem to play all vids. IF you're doing heavy duty stuff, maybe VLC is better choice. SMPlayer has more options & configurable toolbars, but doesn't seem as complex to me as VLC. MPC-HC is simpler & not as many options but seems to play most vids just fine. You may also want to look at Media Player Classic - Home Cinema ( MPC-HC) & SMPlayer - both open source & popular. I swear sometimes settings get changed that I never touched, but it could be my memory going! You seem to have found the problem quickly, but if various settings are wrong, it can take days to experiment, if you're not an expert (I'm not). I see deinterlacing is off by default, thus my suggestion of resetting all prefs to default. That's not much of an issue for me because I usually just rip the main movie. It works better with dvd menus, which still aren't well supported by many players even after all this time. SMplayer plays dvd files just fine but actually I find powerdvd9 the best dvd software I've used. Windows has an annoying habit of wanting to resample your audio without it.īottom line, after all that, I guess is that you should have more than one media program. If you want to use an external usb dac for audio in windows you need that. PLus, best of all for me, they're finally adding wasapi driver support for audio. Vlc does have a decent interface and good playlist tools. I got sick of foobar's pitiful interface and documentation, and the fact that you can't even use a tree structured playlist without a 3rd party plugin and the possibile compatiblity problems with those. I blame myself for that as much as the smplayer writers. For some idiotic reason you can't do that at all in vlc 2.x. It has a much better menu structure, and you can adjust file stream cache size easily. Everyone things vlc is the "play anything" one but smplayer is much better at that. It's a gui for mplayer, which is an extremely robust linux port. I still have vlc installed, though my default video player is smplayer. I can play 1080p mkvs just fine (as long as they're properly encoded). Only problem there, that one's no longer secure for net streaming.įor the record I don't have non microsoft codec packs that could conflict with vlc and I only use programs like smplayer and vlc that don't need them. I've seen info that the last version of vlc that played dvd files properly was 1.0.5, and I found that was true. I suspect it's just vlc being buggy, as it is well known to be. Lots of people seem to have this problem, though apparently not all.
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