Fixing VLC Player's Skipping or Stuttering Issues on Apple TV

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Fixing VLC Player's Skipping or Stuttering Issues on Apple TV

My movies skip or stutter when playing them from VLC Player on my MacBook Pro> AirPlay> 3rd generation Apple TV. This does not happen if I play the movies when the MacBook Pro is connected to the TV through an HDMI cable. I play mkv files on VLC.

The same skipping or stuttering happens when playing movies through VLC player from the iPad to Apple TV.

Aside from buying a non-Apple media player (something I should have done), how can this be fixed?

Thanks!

MACBOOK PRO (RETINA, 15-INCH, LATE 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Feb 9, 2014 10:45 AM

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Answer 1

Alley_Cat

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Feb 9, 2014 11:07 AM in response to seb29

Are you using Airplay Mirroring or an in-bult VLC function?

Mirroring is a lossy technology and best avoided for quality in my view.

If VLC is transcoding on the fly and sending an h264 Airplay stream itself, chances are the transcoding engine or computer are just not up to the jobof doing this 'live'.

In other words I think it's more likely to be VLC on MAc or iPad than AppleTV itself.

AC

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Answer 2

Feb 9, 2014 1:27 PM in response to Alley_Cat

Mirroring is a lossy technology and best avoided for quality in my view.

Completely agree. AirPlay should be avoided.

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