[vlc] Re: support for VLC.app on Mac OS X: sound & video output problems

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2004, Michael C. Haller wrote :
> Hi,
> 
> there is a problem I can't track down with vlc version 0.7.2. This 
> problem does not appear in VLC 0.7.1.
> 
> First my hardware:
> 
> Quicksilver G4 with sonnet 1.4 GHz upgrade card, 1.5MB RAM.
> 
> Video AGP Nvidia Geeforce
> 
> Video PCI ATI 7000
> 
> Sound PCI M-Audio audiophile 2496.
> 
> Latest system Panther and latest drivers installed.
> 
> My settings:
> 
> I play my videos (dvd, avi, etc...) thru PCI ATI 7000 connected to TV 
> via S-Video and PCI m-Audio audiophile 2496 connected to my stereo thru 
> analog audio out.
> 
> Sound-Problem:
> 
> After a specific time (mostly after a few minutes around 10-15 minutes) 
> the sound has some distortion. Reselecting the sound-output-device in 
> VLC removes the distortion and after the specific time, the problem 
> shows up again. The sound plays nicely thru the built in sound-system 
> and the speakers attached to the computer.
> 
> Video-Problem:
> 
> VLC 0.7.2 renders video data much slower than VLC 0.7.1 does. I.e. 
> video plays fine with VLC 0.7.1 but with VLC 0.7.2 the video output 
> gets garbled from time to time.
> 

About this last issue. VLC-0.7.2 has a new vout system, that is using
OpenGL to render the video. This is much faster on most devices, but
can rise issue in some cases. You can turn back to the previous behaviour
in the settings->modules->interface->macosx->vout module. Select quartz
here and save the preferences. The sound proble could be related to the
fact that you system is overloaded with the opengl vout.

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