os x jerky video

[Eric Koltes]

Try to replace the /mac portion of the script with /MacOS

On 4/1/02 1:41 PM, "jmf" <miast2 at mac.com> wrote:

> 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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