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Snow Leopard and MKV = unwatchable (White Macbook)
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<blockquote data-quote="kkraemer" data-source="post: 907589" data-attributes="member: 121041"><p>OK, so I did steps 1-6, but before continuing, I'd like to know what 7-10 are going to do, please?</p><p></p><p>7) Run Disk Repair - Boot from your restore/install disc and run a Volume/Disk repair on your startup disk.</p><p></p><p>8) Resetting the PRAM: When booting, hold down Command-Option-P-R and wait for the triple startup chimes.</p><p></p><p>9) File System Check - When booting up your computer hold down the Apple Key & the S key and it will boot into single user mode. When the text is done loading on the screen type in /sbin/fsck -f and hit enter.</p><p>When that is done if it fixed things then do the check again to make sure it is cleared</p><p>When finished with that type in exit and it will start the computer in normal mode</p><p></p><p>10) Reset Nonvolatile Firmware - When booting, hold down Command-Option-O-F and wait for the command prompt. Type "reset-nvram" and hit enter.</p><p></p><p>I now tried the following: </p><p></p><p>I installed MPlayer and MPlayer Extended and I upped the cache to 256MB (in the extended version, I also tried standard with 16MB cache), but to no avail. </p><p></p><p>It works fine as long as I try to watch it on my Macbook monitor, or in a not-too-bit window on my secondary (24") monitor, but as soon as I go fullscreen on the second monitor, or even drag the window to an almost-fullscreen size, it's crazy choppy.</p><p></p><p>I don't understand this, it looks like my hardware is too slow, but everything worked fine with Leopard (while Snow is supposed to be faster).</p><p></p><p>EDIT: One more detail: I have a 24" iiyama secondary monitor, connected via an iiyama HDMI-to-DVI cable (with a DVI to mini-DVI adapter, Apple standard model).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kkraemer, post: 907589, member: 121041"] OK, so I did steps 1-6, but before continuing, I'd like to know what 7-10 are going to do, please? 7) Run Disk Repair - Boot from your restore/install disc and run a Volume/Disk repair on your startup disk. 8) Resetting the PRAM: When booting, hold down Command-Option-P-R and wait for the triple startup chimes. 9) File System Check - When booting up your computer hold down the Apple Key & the S key and it will boot into single user mode. When the text is done loading on the screen type in /sbin/fsck -f and hit enter. When that is done if it fixed things then do the check again to make sure it is cleared When finished with that type in exit and it will start the computer in normal mode 10) Reset Nonvolatile Firmware - When booting, hold down Command-Option-O-F and wait for the command prompt. Type "reset-nvram" and hit enter. I now tried the following: I installed MPlayer and MPlayer Extended and I upped the cache to 256MB (in the extended version, I also tried standard with 16MB cache), but to no avail. It works fine as long as I try to watch it on my Macbook monitor, or in a not-too-bit window on my secondary (24") monitor, but as soon as I go fullscreen on the second monitor, or even drag the window to an almost-fullscreen size, it's crazy choppy. I don't understand this, it looks like my hardware is too slow, but everything worked fine with Leopard (while Snow is supposed to be faster). EDIT: One more detail: I have a 24" iiyama secondary monitor, connected via an iiyama HDMI-to-DVI cable (with a DVI to mini-DVI adapter, Apple standard model). [/QUOTE]
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