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Douglashh · Jul 25, 2011, 04:17 PM

In the past couple of weeks I have noticed that .flv and .mp4 videos I download from YouTube and other sites have become choppy when being played. It's like the videos hang for second every now and then. This happens when I use QuickTimePlayer 10.0 and RealPlayer 12.0. It does not happen when I use VLC 1.1.11 or QuickLook

Anyone know why suddenly the payback gets choppy with QT and RP? I'm using OSX 10.6.8.

Thanks,

Waragainstsleep · Jul 26, 2011, 03:56 AM

Got the latest edition of Perian? (perian.org)

VLC has its own codecs and is obviously more up to date than everything else.

Douglashh · Jul 26, 2011, 10:30 AM

Updated Perian in the last couple of days but that has not changed the situation. This choppiness only started in the past couple of weeks.

mduell · Jul 30, 2011, 04:28 PM

Do you actually need Perian for the codecs contained in the flv/mp4 files?

Waragainstsleep · Jul 30, 2011, 06:38 PM

Perian will allow flv in Quicktime. Not really required for mp4 but it might override the Apple codec for all I know.