VLC or Mplayer crashes with Snow Leopard

[Pibbman]

I just recently installed Snow Leopard, and everytime I try to play a mkv file with VLC, it crashes. The result is the same with 32bit or 64bit version of it. According to VLC, they just say to use the 32bit version, but that doesn't help me.

Mplayer OS X Extended won't even load. I do a lot of watching of videos with subtitles, does anyone know of another software or maybe even a workaround to fix the above problems?

[thorazine74]

VLC works fine here, do you have hardware accelerated QE/CI graphics?

[Pibbman]

VLC works fine here, do you have hardware accelerated QE/CI graphics?

Yes, they are turned on and working fine. Can watch other videos and stuff just fine. Mplayer OS X just doesn't load period. VLC crashes when it comes to playing .MKV files.

It's a known issue over at VLC, but they yet to do anything about it even their nightly build 1.0.3 doesn't attempt to fix it. They say to use the 32bit version while playing mkv containers, yet even when I try using the 32bit version it still crashes.

EDIT: It seems the 32bit version does work, it's just that I have to wait about 1-2 minutes for the file to start. Strange.

Here is what it says in the LOGs for it.

libass debug: Setting libass fontdir: /Users/cole/Library/Preferences/VLC
main debug: Creating an input for 'hvideo.mkv'
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: using decoder module "libass"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 41675.402 ms - Total 41675.402 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 41675.398 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (input/decoder.c:315)
main debug: thread started
main debug: `/Users/cole/Downloads/Discode Vol.01.mkv' successfully opened

I wonder if it has to do with the TIMER module and the fact that it takes nearly a minute to load? Unfortunately this goes beyond my knowledge.

[daclothe]

between vlc sucking so badly and flash being horrendous, it makes me so glad i didn't bother upgrading my HTMac to 10.6.

What a nightmare!

[Pibbman]

Really? Other than VLC taking forever to load mkv files, the other media types including flash it has run extremely well.

[spalek83]

http://perian.org/ (http://perian.org/)

Perian enables QuickTime application support for additional media:

File formats: AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6, and VFW
Video types: MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivx, H.264, Sorenson H.263, FLV/Sorenson Spark, FSV1, VP6, H263i, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Snow, NuppelVideo, Techsmith Screen Capture, DosBox Capture
Audio types: Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), and MPEG Layer I & II Audio, True Audio, DTS Coherent Acoustics, Nellymoser ASAO
AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
Subtitle support for SSA/ASS and SRT

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.7 or higher because 10.3 makes the iceweasel cower in fear.

Download Perian 1.1.4 (http://perian.cachefly.net/Perian_1.1.4.dmg)

Installation: Open the disk image and double click the Perian.prefPane icon.




Perian can be used with all QuickTime-supporting apps, including QuickTime Player (http://www.apple.com/au/quicktime/), NicePlayer (http://niceplayer.indyjt.com/), and QTAmateur (http://www.mikeash.com/software/qtamateur/).
The Flip4Mac (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx) (Windows Media) and XiphQT (http://xiph.org/quicktime/) (Ogg) components add support for some formats not included in Perian.
The internet TV platform Miro (http://www.getmiro.com/) and Airport Express streaming app Airfoil (http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/) include Perian.

How do I remove Perian? Open the System Preferences. Select the Perian pane and 'Remove.' Now 'Show All' preference panes, control-click the Perian pane and 'Remove "Perian" Preference Pane.'

[be11o]

best things that happend to mac lately is XMBC and Plex quicktime hd decoding lol its sux badly, just give a xmbc a try and ull love it Plex got issues in sl but xmbc works great, its not a promotion or commercial =) is free http://xbmc.org/

btw forgot to say u dont need any perian vlc etc this player plays everything