os x jerky video

[jmf]

I tried that and it said command not found.
Am I supposed to do anything specific before or after that command.
Also, I have an iMac with a g3 processor, 500mhz, and 384 ram I think.  
How fast does it need to be?

On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 11:52  AM, The DJ wrote:

> OK, here we go.
> I assume you have installed vlc in your Applications folder.
> Open terminal.
> type:
> /Applications/vlc.app/Contents/Mac/vlc --desync 175
>
> Then open the file from the menu.
> I believe in version 0.2.92 there is a bug where you need to specify 
> 175000
> instead of 175, but I'm not sure.
>
> DJ
>
> BTW. This problem is unrelated to the first problem (original post). The
> first problem is probably a pretty low-end mac running a very high 
> quality
> MPEG2. Your problem is a syncing problem, which has more to do with
> differences in delays that are occurring when outputting the audio and
> displaying the video. Almost all MacOS X users are experiencing this.
>
>
> on 01-04-2002 21:08, Eric Koltes at erick at epi-wa.com wrote:
>
>> 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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