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[Mistake]

2.0 is very glitchy for me, and barely plays video without skipping or macro-blocking (win 32 here). So I'm going back down to 1.1.6

 

[Frost_Ace]

Anyone else having audio problems? Like turning up the volume to 200% ruining the sound whilst before it was perfect (and louder) :/

 

[Moaradin]

Is it me or is there a delay on everything? Turning up audio takes a couple seconds to take affect after I do it, for example.

 

[giga]

By the way, those of you who use Handbrake to rip DVDs will need to do some additional work.

https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23301&p=106325&hilit=vlc#p106325

Starting with VLC 2.0, libdvdcss is no longer available as an individual dylib in the VLC application package, which means HandBrake can no longer use VLC's libdvdcss for DVD decryption.

There are two solutions:

Keep an older version of VLC as /Applications/VLC.app
This is cumbersome and not recommended

Install a copy of libdvdcss.2.dylib in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib
Videolan kindly provides a Universal (Intel 32+64-bit) .pkg installer: link - thanks!
This is the recommended solution; and it works for HandBrake 0.9.5, too

 

[mrkgoo]

By the way, those of you who use Handbrake to rip DVDs will need to do some additional work.

https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23301&p=106325&hilit=vlc#p106325

Well, that sucks.

I always liked mac stuff for being, well, streamlined. I liked handbrake for its ability to pretty much just open it, load a DVD, and hit 'go'.

Obviously, it's still kinda that simple, but installation is a bit convoluted now (install handbrake, install dvdcss lib). What does one do to check updates to the library, for example?

Why can't handbrake include the library? What was the main reason for It being removed and it searching vlc for it in the first place?

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

Has anyone been able to get fullscreen output to properly display on a secondary display in Lion? No matter what setting I alter, I can't get videos to play fullscreen on my TV. Even if I move the player to the second display and fullscreen it from there, it creates the new fullscreen window on my laptop display.

 

[Tunesmith]

Has anyone been able to get fullscreen output to properly display on a secondary display in Lion? No matter what setting I alter, I can't get videos to play fullscreen on my TV. Even if I move the player to the second display and fullscreen it from there, it creates the new fullscreen window on my laptop display.

Turn off using native Lion fullscreen and just use the older fullscreen way.

 

[giga]

Well, that sucks.

I always liked mac stuff for being, well, streamlined. I liked handbrake for its ability to pretty much just open it, load a DVD, and hit 'go'.

Obviously, it's still kinda that simple, but installation is a bit convoluted now (install handbrake, install dvdcss lib). What does one do to check updates to the library, for example?

Why can't handbrake include the library? What was the main reason for It being removed and it searching vlc for it in the first place?

Probably legal threats.

 

[mrkgoo]

Probably legal threats.

Bah. I liked the solution of having vlc installed.

 

[Kibbles]

2.0 what the hell? I'm not getting video for any of my videos, where they all worked before. These are every file type you can imagine, I just get the traffic cone, wtf? :S

[edit] lmao it was on 'set as wallpaper' by default for some reason.

 

[hateradio]

Pretty much sums it up.

Yeah, one of the reasons I preferred VLC over MPlayer was that MPlayer would always be REBUILDING THE FONT CACHE when I wanted to watch something. I was not amused when I saw this happen in VLC 2.0.

Turn it off then

.

 

[Link1110]

The

 

[Link1110]

The op mentions iOS. Will the new vlc be on the app store? I have the old one, but I don't think it works natively on iPad.

 

[ShirAhava]

VLC 2.0 wont play my DVDs for some reason .....Using MPC.....MPC is getting better and better while VLC is getting worse and worse
if it wasn't for the record button I wouldn't even use VLC anymore

 

[Blackhead]

Ok WTF is the 'building font cache' thing? It's one of the main reasons I rarely open MPlayer and I hate seeing VLC 2.0 picking up such a bad habit.

Edit: ah late to the party. Is the any explanation or acknowledgement by the VLC or MPlayer teams somewhere about this bug? Is it even a bug?

2nd Edit:

Turn it off then

Ah thanks. Should be in the OP

 

[Vanillalite]

Bug List/Quirks Q&A About the Mac Build

PS: Got this from the VLC Facebook page.

PPS: One of the questions is regarding the Font Cache thing...

Why is there this annoying "creating font cache" dialog?

When using VLC 2.0 for the first time, we need to check your installed fonts to display subtitles and other On-screen graphics. The short re-appearance of this panel when starting a 2nd clip is already fixed for VLC 2.0.1.

 

[AppleSmack]

I'm using it now and love it. Replaced media player classic for me.

 

[123rl]

Is there a way to use full screen without it taking over both screens? I can do it on the old VLC (screen one full screen for VLC and screen two for everything else). Full screen on Lion really is broken!

 

[Deadstar]

GOM seems to be the best player out there in terms of features and options.

 

[Threi]

GOM seems to be the best player out there in terms of features and options.

Potplayer.


looks the best when skinned too:

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So any word on why audio is so fucking atrocoius when you turn the volume up? Didn't happen before...

 

[faceless007]

I used MPC-HC over VLC mainly because VLC always seemed to take ~5 seconds to start for me. VLC2 is much quicker.

 

[andycapps]

Uninstalled previous version of VLC and installed 2.0. Now 2.0 won't open. Great. Uninstalled and reinstalled, and same thing. Windows 7 here.

 

[therapist]

VLC will have to do a lot to overtake MPC for me.

Agreed.

VLC is good but MPC is the best by far.

 

[andycapps]

Potplayer.


looks the best when skinned too:

Can you post the link for this skin? Trying out Pot Player now since VLC isn't working.

 

[elsk]

I'm having lag in the when changing the volumen (up or down) in VLC 2.0 mac-intel 64bits. There's a delay or lag, a big one.

 

[Threi]

Can you post the link for this skin? Trying out Pot Player now since VLC isn't working.

Here ya go. I just uploaded that skin and a bunch of variants that look like it (can't find where it originally came from)

To get transparency make sure you enable Direct3D9 in settings > skin > control

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

I'm having lag in the when changing the volumen (up or down) in VLC 2.0 mac-intel 64bits. There's a delay or lag, a big one.

It's the same in Win7 as well.

 

[andycapps]

Here ya go. I just uploaded that skin and a bunch of variants that look like it (can't find where it originally came from)

To get transparency make sure you enable Direct3D9 in settings > skin > control

They all look pretty good. Thanks!

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Here ya go. I just uploaded that skin and a bunch of variants that look like it (can't find where it originally came from)

To get transparency make sure you enable Direct3D9 in settings > skin > control

Nice one! Going to try it out.

 

[Deadstar]

Potplayer.


looks the best when skinned too:

So I downloaded Potplayer and it seems like a more fully featured GOM. Did some guy take GOM and just add to it? The features are definitely nice however it did crash many times which makes it unusable. I downloaded the latest "stable" build for win 64.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

why doesn't this prompt me when i do a "Check for updates"? It says my current version 1.1.12 is the latest (OS X).

 

[hateradio]

So I downloaded Potplayer and it seems like a more fully featured GOM. Did some guy take GOM and just add to it? The features are definitely nice however it did crash many times which makes it unusable. I downloaded the latest "stable" build for win 64.

It's rare that it crashes for me. I personally never liked GOM because, to me, it always seemed to play certain videos awfully, visually speaking. GOM itself is like an oddly skinned MPC. Maybe you should try the 32bit version.

why doesn't this prompt me when i do a "Check for updates"? It says my current version 1.1.12 is the latest (OS X).

It's probably because it only checks for the 1.1.x versions.

 

[wenis]

is anyone else having a stuttering issue with avi's?

This is a new one for me, didn't have this issue before 2.0 so I'm not sure what's up.

 

[zoku88]

So, I just tried VLC 2.0.

It was like...normal. I didn't really notice that much of a difference.

Mplayer still seems to play videos better, though.

 

[Vanillalite]

VLC 2.0.1 has finally hit even if it's a week late!

Bug fixes abound so I'd highly suggest updating to see if some of the nagging issues talked about in this thread have beeen adressed!

VLC 2.0.1

PS: Obviously if you have 2.0.0 installed you can just update your current verison.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

2.0 works fine for me, I dont think I ever experienced any bugs on this one.

 

[jediyoshi]

VLC 2.0.1 has finally hit even if it's a week late!

Bug fixes abound so I'd highly suggest updating to see if some of the nagging issues talked about in this thread have beeen adressed!

VLC 2.0.1

PS: Obviously if you have 2.0.0 installed you can just update your current verison.

Still laggy volume audio adjusting ]:

 

[hirokazu]

Still can't minimise to the Dock by double clicking the titlebar on Mac. :/

 

[-KRS-]

Still laggy volume audio adjusting ]:

Hmm, I don't have this problem and I'm still on 2.0.0.
I'm using the Linux version though, but the volume adjusts immediately here using the PulseAudio sound server.

One thing I have noticed is that it continues to plays back the audio for around two seconds after pausing. And then when you unpause there's no audio anymore. This happens every single time for me, and is fixed by dragging the position slider back just a tiny bit.

I'm gonna guess it has something to do with buffers. Maybe they changed the way they work.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Any way to run a video in a borderless window like Quicktime?

 

[Vanillalite]

Still can't minimise to the Dock by double clicking the titlebar on Mac. :/

I know some Mac interface stuff bug fix wise was taking longer and since it was just dealing with the new OSX interface they pushed out 2.0.1 without those fixes, and moved them into 2.0.2. Stuff that was done got in, but the other stuff they didn't want holding back getting 2.0.1 out any longer.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

Here ya go. I just uploaded that skin and a bunch of variants that look like it (can't find where it originally came from)

To get transparency make sure you enable Direct3D9 in settings > skin > control

Will do.

 

[Uno Venova]

This takes forever to start up compared to past versions on Win7.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Any way to run a video in a borderless window like Quicktime?

I want this as well.

 

[Zzoram]

GOM seems to be the best player out there in terms of features and options.

GOM won't play .mov

 

[dbztrk]

Nevermind.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

So is MPC an upgrade over this? I'm using the old version of VLC.

 

[Hieberrr]

I have both and I still prefer VLC over MPC. I mean, I've yet to see the difference between the two in terms of playback, but I'll take VLC's spacebar-pause over MPC's click-to-pause any day.

 

[dimb]

I have both and I still prefer VLC over MPC. I mean, I've yet to see the difference between the two in terms of playback, but I'll take VLC's spacebar-pause over MPC's click-to-pause any day.

Spacebar pauses in MPC too.