os x jerky video

Eric Koltes erick at epi-wa.com
Mon Apr 1 21:08:17 CEST 2002


Well, I have been monkeying around with the terminal window and I have not
been able to use the --desync <ms> command - does anyone know the proper
syntax to set the synchronization for vlc sound using an os x terminal
window?

Thanks for all your help - this thread has been interesting...

Eric...

On 3/31/02 6:54 AM, "Rich Birch" <ringo at dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> Er, i've never used os x :-) But I assume it's pretty much the same as on
> linux. In the terminal window try typing
> 
> vlc --desync <ms>
> 
> where the <ms> is a number such as 175. Obviously if it still appears out of
> sync then you'll have to try different values. Let me know if this works,
> and it'd be good if someone on this list that knows os x could confirm
> whether this is the right way of doing things :-)
> 
> Cheers
> Rich
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jmf" <miast2 at mac.com>
> To: <vlc at videolan.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 9:03 AM
> Subject: Re: os x jerky video
> 
> 
>> I'm a bit new to the unix terminal window on os x.  How exactly do I
>> open vlc using the command line and then desync it?
>> 
>> On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 10:26  AM, Rich Birch wrote:
>> 
>>> If you're using the cvs version then simply go to preferences --> audio
>>> and
>>> enter the appropriate amount of milliseconds in the 'Compensate
>>> desyncronisation of audio' box. If you're using 0.2.92 then you'll have
>>> to
>>> specify it on the command line with '--desync <ms>'. I use 175ms to get
>>> it
>>> perfectly in sync
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps
>>> 
>>> Rich
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Friday 29 March 2002 10:58 pm, you wrote:
>>>> I am also having similar problems.  I have a powerbook G4 500 megahertz
>>>> with 512 ram, the video looks great, but the audio is just behind the
>>>> video, any suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> Eric...
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/28/02 10:21 AM, "Joel Jaeggli" <joelja at darkwing.uoregon.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> what kind of mac do you have?
>>>>> 
>>>>> joelja
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, jmf wrote:
>>>>>> I was able to get vlc to finally play an svcd mpg2 file by copying
>>>>>> it to
>>>>>> my harddrive.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But the video is very jerky and the sound pops.  Not fluid at all.
>>>>>> Any
>>>>>> way to fix this?
>>> 
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