whenever i download video files from torrent sites, the output, if played with vlc will show a slanted green line cutting through the screen. this happened with a few of the movies downloaded from different sites. i use transmission. any thoughts why this is so? i tried playing with other players, okay naman but there's always some other problem. i always thought vlc is the best, so i don't use other players. any thoughts why this happens if i play them in vlc?
For me quicktime is still the best player. Those that I used to play with VLC can now be played with quicktime, just download the latest codecs or also try Flip4Mac which plays wmv files thru Quicktime.
I recently downloaded House M.D. season 1, and while playing, the video suddenly stops for more than 5 seconds, and then resumes again. I use VLC player since it won't play on Quicktime. The video files are in avi format.
For TV shows downloaded thru torrent, most likely it's in DivX format so just download this codec so it can play back in quicktime.
Probably it's a buffering issue on your machine. Make sure you don't have any download activities in the background while watching.
hmm, i see. anyway, thanks for all your replies. will try to download the divx codecs for quicktime. i think i already did, but it still says there are some missing plugins. anyway, i'll see what i can do.
Yes, I wasn't downloading anything in the background. I'm downloading a new torrent and I'll see if it goes the same. I hope it was just a bad torrent. Haha.
Speaking of quicktime, how havedownloadedsome subtitle files to work with my downloaded avi file. The subtitle works using VLC, but it wont work using quicktime. M I doing something wrong?
Speaking of video players. I tried to download windows media player 9 but unfortunately it cant be installed on my mac. Any tricks to do this?
Hi there! Try Flip4Mac (http://www.flip4mac.com). It provides Windows media and audio playback in Apple's Quicktime player. It's basically free, though there are additional features if you decide to upgrade to a full version. Flip4Mac is a recommended product from the Microsoft Media Player 9 for OS X website. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=windowsmedia
I download torrents all the time and I use vlc, and i've never had any problems. Quicktime would actually be a really good player but the audio is always so soft. vlc boosts the sound to more acceptable levels.
AFAIK, only VLC can do that... that is, if there is an accompanying .srt with the downloaded file. I heard that another program, called Cellulo, automatically adds the .srt file when you play the avi movie. However, I heard too that Cellulo is prone to crashing. In both VLC and Cellulo,the .srt file should be in the same folder as the AVI.
I see, this subtitle file is .ass I was instructed also that if you change the filename of the subtitle file to the filename of the avi file and place them together in a folderthesubtitles will appear automatically. Apparently not
While your QuickTime movie is playing hold down the shift key then press on the up key to boost volume.
Nice tip Goms, im always having problems with QT's volume so i rarely use it. It is still my default video player anyways.
