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VLC on MacOS en tvOS 4k video playback

Hi All,

I have a very strange issue while playing 4K video's via VLC on my Macbook and Apple TV.

I really rely on VLC for playing those files since they contain audio in DTS-HD. If I use the DS-Video app from Synology the video plays without issue but without audio.

So via DS-Video the image looks as follows: IMG_1614

But if I use VLC to play those 4K files I get a strange behaviour (blur) on the right of the screen (sometimes it is on the bottom, depending on the video). Tested on MacOS and tvOS. IMG_1612

It looked to me as something with bad de-interlacing, so I changed the de-interlace setting from "Auto" to "On". This gave the result that I loose I piece of the image. (only tested on MacOS), for tvOS changing settings doesn't solve it. IMG_1613

The problem exist on my Apple TV and my Macbook. Using VLC on Windows 10 plays the 4K files correctly.

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