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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1012688">I think I can tell you what's happening after doing a little research.I found a high-definition MP4 short film (for a Blu-Ray release, so I presume this is the same thing as &quot;ripped from a Blu-Ray) and played it in both QuickTime X and VLC.VLC had no trouble with it, loading it quickly and scrubbing forward and back.QuickTime, on the other hand, acted like it was &quot;streaming&quot; it ... the movie started quickly, but if I tried to fast forward it very far I ran into the same problem as the OP: it would only let me get so far, then black.While I sat back and thought about this, I had the film on pause. When I tried it again five or ten minutes later, *I found I could get further along before the &quot;black&quot; happened.*I waited another few minutes and tried again. Further still.Quicktime X &quot;loads&quot; the movie as it goes (even in pause), unlike VLC. I'm not sure why, but that's what I found. I checked this by playing in QuickTime 7 Pro (which of course I still have) and you can SEE it loading as it goes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1012688"] I think I can tell you what's happening after doing a little research. I found a high-definition MP4 short film (for a Blu-Ray release, so I presume this is the same thing as "ripped from a Blu-Ray) and played it in both QuickTime X and VLC. VLC had no trouble with it, loading it quickly and scrubbing forward and back. QuickTime, on the other hand, acted like it was "streaming" it ... the movie started quickly, but if I tried to fast forward it very far I ran into the same problem as the OP: it would only let me get so far, then black. While I sat back and thought about this, I had the film on pause. When I tried it again five or ten minutes later, *I found I could get further along before the "black" happened.* I waited another few minutes and tried again. Further still. Quicktime X "loads" the movie as it goes (even in pause), unlike VLC. I'm not sure why, but that's what I found. I checked this by playing in QuickTime 7 Pro (which of course I still have) and you can SEE it loading as it goes. [/QUOTE]

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