Video playback freezes Mountain Lion

[mileslong]

this issue has basically rendered my iMac useless half the time. It freezes almost every time i watch streaming video or even video using VLC now. I doesn't freeze when doing normal computer activities, just on video.

Does anyone have any answers? I know some other people are experiencing this.

Below is what i am running now, i tried 10.8.3 to see if that helped, it has been happening since 10.8. I have to do a hard shut down and restart every time this happens. Is there any sort of crash log i need to post for help? Thanks!

i have included a screenshot of my system

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

this issue has basically rendered my iMac useless half the time. It freezes almost every time i watch streaming video or even video using VLC now. I doesn't freeze when doing normal computer activities, just on video.

Does anyone have any answers? I know some other people are experiencing this.

Below is what i am running now, i tried 10.8.3 to see if that helped, it has been happening since 10.8. I have to do a hard shut down and restart every time this happens. Is there any sort of crash log i need to post for help?

The system log file should say something about the issue. Or the VLC log can help. I think it is a problem with the graphics card switching. Use gfxCardStatus to enable only one GPU, so that the OS does not switch from one GPU to the other GPU.

 

[mileslong]

The system log file should say something about the issue. Or the VLC log can help. I think it is a problem with the graphics card switching. Use gfxCardStatus to enable only one GPU, so that the OS does not switch from one GPU to the other GPU.

thanks for the reply! gfxCardStatus is only for MacBook Pros with duel graphics cards. It won't work on my iMac.

im going insane with this, i literally cant play any streaming or flash video now it freezes my system every time. it doesn't crash for any other computing so i know it related to that...

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is there a way i can get the system log or the VLC log to display on here?

here is one kernal panic i received

Interval Since Last Panic Report:  53856 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    345317D3-3ABA-8E9D-07BE-9664FAEC7FB2

Tue Dec 11 01:06:54 2012
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80120b7e75): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f93a13e58, type 0=divide error, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000010b280000, CR3: 0x0000000028e28000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000312200, RBX: 0x0000000000312200, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff810222b700, RBP: 0xffffff810222b720, RSI: 0x000000000000003c, RDI: 0xffffff802648bbe0
R8:  0xffffff7f935ac9c0, R9:  0xffffff7f935ac9e8, R10: 0x0000000000000004, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0xffffff80279f3014, R13: 0xffffff80269f5814, R14: 0xffffff80269f5814, R15: 0xffffff8027a89b84
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff7f93a13e58, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x000000010b280000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff810222b3a0 : 0xffffff801201d626 
0xffffff810222b410 : 0xffffff80120b7e75 
0xffffff810222b5e0 : 0xffffff80120cd3bd 
0xffffff810222b600 : 0xffffff7f93a13e58 
0xffffff810222b720 : 0xffffff7f93a174c9 
0xffffff810222b730 : 0xffffff7f939f477a 
0xffffff810222b780 : 0xffffff7f939f4713 
0xffffff810222b7f0 : 0xffffff7f939f63c3 
0xffffff810222b810 : 0xffffff7f93a2e8a4 
0xffffff810222b910 : 0xffffff7f93a2e29a 
0xffffff810222ba20 : 0xffffff7f939e2de5 
0xffffff810222ba60 : 0xffffff7f939e49a2 
0xffffff810222bb30 : 0xffffff7f93a33e6b 
0xffffff810222bba0 : 0xffffff7f93a33ed9 
0xffffff810222bbd0 : 0xffffff7f939dbfb1 
0xffffff810222bc00 : 0xffffff7f939d66e4 
0xffffff810222bc30 : 0xffffff7f939d6627 
0xffffff810222bc50 : 0xffffff7f939a81f3 
0xffffff810222bc80 : 0xffffff7f939a28f0 
0xffffff810222bcb0 : 0xffffff7f92c53728 
0xffffff810222bd40 : 0xffffff7f92c4be50 
0xffffff810222bd70 : 0xffffff8012432dbb 
0xffffff810222bdc0 : 0xffffff80