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  1. Example of problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOteKk_RbuA

    What makes the picture distorted like purple or large swarming pixels?

    Tried every output module in VLC preferences, unchecking and checking rendering options. It works in SMPlayer. So what's with the VLC?
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    Please give more information.

    Does it happen with ALL video?
    Are you using latest vlc? beta?
    Your operating system?
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    It may be a bug ... both vlc and smplayer/mplayer have bugs, though vlc seems to be worse.

    What hardware? If it's a cpu/gpu horsepower problem smplayer is generally better because it just runs faster than vlc.

    Sometimes these video files were encoded on a system with 3rd party codec packs, which are notoriously problematic. I don't use windows much anymore ... almost always ubuntu ... but in windows 7 I solved the problem by yanking all that crap. Then I stuck to media programs as much as possible that are linux ports. E.g. vlc and smplayer. Linux programs are better behaved that way.

    Anyway, some of those crap codecs have compatibility issues and different players react in unpredictable ways.

    BTW if you are having a problem with vlc or smplayer do not install 3rd party codec packs to try to fix it. They have their own codec libraries installed and it'd be a waste of time in addition to making windows less stable.
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  4. SMPlayer has OPEN CANDY ADWARE. Try GOM Player.
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    Originally Posted by Criswell View Post
    SMPlayer has OPEN CANDY ADWARE. Try GOM Player.
    GOM player is also adware/bundleware.

    Just download the portable version of smplayer to avoid any opencandy.
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    All videos and video players are working without any error just (VLC) Because i like it . and I used it from a long time
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    Is there a solution or I have to use another program
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    Try uninstalling VLC then reinstalling, sometimes that helps. Also you can run the 32 bit version instead of the 64 bit version. 32 bit version for me at least is less buggy.
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    Ok the File that I have a problem with is the (MKV) format and i think the problem in me computer or in the video clip because vlc running all video clips except Some video and when i convert the clips to mp4 or mkv its running without problems, and Some These videos Makes me conversion program freezes for this I think the problem from the videos I've downloaded from YouTube
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    Verify playback with another media player such as MPC-HC or PotPlayer.

    If the conversion program(s) can't process the file, the file is likely corrupted in some way (or not supported by the conversion tool).
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  10. MPC-HC is my new choice of players; thanks for the h/t!
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