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From: Phillip Walters on 29 Jun 2008 01:23 I have just opened a fairly large .avi file (934MB) in QT Pro and it beachballed for about 15 secs before making it available to watch. Opening the same file in VLC is almost instantaneous, this behaviour seems to be the norm. Why the difference ? Is it because QT loads up the whole file at once and VLC does it " on the fly" so to speak ? I have noticed that dragging the onscreen timel slider works well in QT but usually manages to bring up an error in VLC, although this error warning can just be cancelled and it continues on its merry way. -- Phil http://www.philwalters.co.uk
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 29 Jun 2008 05:01 On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:23:44 +0100, pjwalters(a)nospamdsl.pipex.com (Phillip Walters) wrote: >I have just opened a fairly large .avi file (934MB) in QT Pro and it >beachballed for about 15 secs before making it available to watch. >Opening the same file in VLC is almost instantaneous, this behaviour >seems to be the norm. Why the difference ? Is it because QT loads up the >whole file at once and VLC does it " on the fly" so to speak ? Yep. VLC will also play partially-downloaded files, or ones with gaps in, which QT Player usually won't. VLC does this trick by not using the system decoders, but using its own instead if it has one. >I have >noticed that dragging the onscreen timel slider works well in QT but >usually manages to bring up an error in VLC, although this error warning >can just be cancelled and it continues on its merry way. VLC is a bit zealous with its error panel - why do I need to kmow about three dropped frames when I've just skipped ten minutes of movie? It does have a "don't bother me again" tickbox, but that only lasts for that session. Cheers - Jaimie -- Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
From: Phillip Walters on 29 Jun 2008 05:03 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:23:44 +0100, pjwalters(a)nospamdsl.pipex.com > (Phillip Walters) wrote: > > >I have just opened a fairly large .avi file (934MB) in QT Pro and it > >beachballed for about 15 secs before making it available to watch. > >Opening the same file in VLC is almost instantaneous, this behaviour > >seems to be the norm. Why the difference ? Is it because QT loads up the > >whole file at once and VLC does it " on the fly" so to speak ? > > Yep. VLC will also play partially-downloaded files, or ones with gaps > in, which QT Player usually won't. > > VLC does this trick by not using the system decoders, but using its > own instead if it has one. > > >I have > >noticed that dragging the onscreen timel slider works well in QT but > >usually manages to bring up an error in VLC, although this error warning > >can just be cancelled and it continues on its merry way. > > VLC is a bit zealous with its error panel - why do I need to kmow > about three dropped frames when I've just skipped ten minutes of > movie? It does have a "don't bother me again" tickbox, but that only > lasts for that session. > > Cheers - Jaimie Thanks for the information. -- Phil http://www.philwalters.co.uk
From: Peter Ceresole on 29 Jun 2008 05:28 Phillip Walters <pjwalters(a)nospamdsl.pipex.com> wrote: > I have just opened a fairly large .avi file (934MB) in QT Pro and it > beachballed for about 15 secs before making it available to watch. > Opening the same file in VLC is almost instantaneous Yes, I always open .avis in VLC and it works very well. But my QTPro player won't display them at all. It says I need an extra component, but sends me to a page that seems not to have anything useful... Since VLC works so well, I've never looked further. What's the extra gizmo? -- Peter
From: Phillip Walters on 29 Jun 2008 05:36 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Phillip Walters <pjwalters(a)nospamdsl.pipex.com> wrote: > > > I have just opened a fairly large .avi file (934MB) in QT Pro and it > > beachballed for about 15 secs before making it available to watch. > > Opening the same file in VLC is almost instantaneous > > Yes, I always open .avis in VLC and it works very well. > > But my QTPro player won't display them at all. It says I need an extra > component, but sends me to a page that seems not to have anything > useful... > > Since VLC works so well, I've never looked further. What's the extra > gizmo? I have Perian installed, have you got that ? -- Phil http://www.philwalters.co.uk
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