Poor video playback full screen...

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Poor video playback full screen...

I have the new unibody mac mini, however I find that when I play full screen in VLC player or quicktime, it goes jerky after like 30s to 1 minute. However when I exit full screen mode it plays fine again, or if I exit and enter full screen it will also play OK for another like a minute... what is wrong with my mini? My P4 intel PC plays full screen video better than that...

Mac mini 2.66GHz with 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 25, 2010 6:29 AM

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Answer 1

Hmbucker

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Jan 2, 2011 7:02 AM in response to Dr Joolz

How come no one is replying this? I experience the same, and I am sure we are not the only ones suufering from this issue!

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Dah•veed

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Jan 2, 2011 4:23 PM in response to Hmbucker

Perhaps we are not replying because we have no experience solving the issue. I have never encountered this, nor do I recall many others with the issue, so it has not come up very often.

Dah•veed

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Bill L

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Jan 22, 2011 5:36 PM in response to Hmbucker

I'm seeing this, too.....

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macbrg

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11 points

Jan 28, 2011 12:37 AM in response to Dr Joolz

it is a shame, but it is evident that mini unibody + OS10.6.4 and later versions cannot play video files smoothly.
There are tons of documentation about this issue 😟
my only suggestion is to sell the unibody and buy a 2009 mac mini, or install just the 10.6.3

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Bill L

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175 points

Jan 28, 2011 6:57 AM in response to Dr Joolz

Let's all shower Apple with comments about this concern:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

-Bill

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ct2193

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Jun 6, 2012 6:09 PM in response to Dr Joolz

I bought the 2010 MacMini Server and reformatted the drives to install the non-server 10.6.8v2. Other than an audio over HDMI issue under 10.6.8 v1, I have had no playback issues in any other programs. I don't use VLC. I do use this on my 1080p TV though. Everything runs fullscreen just fine in Quicktime 7, Quicktime X, iTunes, Safari, Firefox, and using additional codecs from Perian and Flip4Mac. Note: With the current version of Perian, I also have no need to install Divx. Divx used to cause stutter problems on previous computers, but Perian fixed that on them. The HD content I play is all Apple TV and Apple TV2 format (per HandBrake's presets.) Everything else is a mixture of mp4, m4v, avi (DivX / XviD), mov, wmv, mpg, mp2, m2t (Comcast HD DVR), .TS, and so on.

I use the 2010 server version for a media center at home and the 2010 non-server version for video editing and testing at work.

The MacMini 2010 Server uses the same mobo as the non-server. Default RAM is 4GB. HDD's are 7200rpm. I think the non-server might use a 5400 rpm HDD. Never had a problem with 2 GB RAM on the non-server 2010 I have at work when playing back full screen, though we eventually upgraded to 8 GB because of the video editing.

Personally, I think it's likely a VLC problem, or an inefficient codec that you have installed.

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