{"id":139,"date":"2018-01-12T10:59:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T10:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2018-01-12T10:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T10:59:10","slug":"fix-skipping-and-lagging-in-vlc-playing-high-def-video-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/fix-skipping-and-lagging-in-vlc-playing-high-def-video-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Skipping and Lagging in VLC Playing High-Def Video Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-140 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/VLC-Glitches-lagging-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, HD video freezes every few seconds while playing in VLC media player. In any case, if you encounter this kind of situation while using VLC Media Player, then follow the techniques mentioned below and get the issue fixed in few minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technique #1: Increase Cache Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Tools &gt; Preferences<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>All<\/strong> in Show Settings<\/li>\n<li>Next, navigate to <strong>Advanced settings<\/strong> and select <strong>Input \/ Codecs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In Input \/ Codecs, modify the values for File caching (ms) from 300 to a higher value like 1000 or 2000, under Advanced<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Technique #2: Alter Video Output Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open VLC Media Player<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Tools<\/strong> and then <strong>Preferences<\/strong> from the menu bar<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Preferences<\/strong> window, select <strong>Video<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the Video Settings, change the value from <strong>Automatic<\/strong> to <strong>DirectX (DirectDraw)<\/strong> video output<\/li>\n<li>Then, hit <strong>Save<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Technique #3: FFmpeg Loop Filter Skipping<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Tools<\/strong> and then select <strong>Preferences<\/strong> or else click on <strong>CTRL + P<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Show settings<\/strong> and select All to switch from Simple to <strong>Advanced Preferences<\/strong> radio button<\/li>\n<li>Then, go to <strong>Input \/ Codecs &gt; Video Codecs &gt; FFmpeg<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under FFmpeg audio\/video decoder, search for the option <strong>Skip the loop filter for H.264<\/strong> <strong>decoding<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Change it from None to All<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If video lag issue is not fixed using any of these methods, then use Remo Video Repair tool and fix the HD video which is freezing while playing on the VLC media player. By using this tool, one can easily <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/windows\/mp4-file-lagging-in-vlc.html\">fix MP4 file lagging in VLC<\/a><\/strong> issue as well as MOV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, HD video freezes every few seconds while playing in VLC media player. In any case, if you encounter this kind of situation while using VLC Media Player, then follow the techniques mentioned below and get the issue fixed in few minutes. Technique #1: Increase Cache Values Go to Tools &gt; Preferences Click on All &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/fix-skipping-and-lagging-in-vlc-playing-high-def-video-files\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fix Skipping and Lagging in VLC Playing High-Def Video Files&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fix Skipping and Lagging in VLC Playing High-Def Video Files - Remo Repair Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fix Skipping and Lagging in VLC Playing High-Def Video Files - Remo Repair Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes, HD video freezes every few seconds while playing in VLC media player. 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