videovlc
I have an MTS file recorded from my Lumix GX1. Before I reinstalled OSX 10.8 I could play these videos fine in VLC, however now they're in black and white (not greyscale, just black or white).
When I upload them to YouTube they seem fine! What codec am I missing?
Yes, VLC for OS X provides this level of control.
If you go into VLC » Preferences [aka. ⌘+,] » Hotkeys you'll find that you can associate hotkeys for both actions – Faster (Fine) and Slower (Fine) – and more:
You can find plenty of options here:
Note: If your newly assigned hotkeys don't seem to be taken into account, you might need to quit VLC and start it again.
I had the same (or at least similar) issue: A video taken with my iPhone 4S (running the most up-to-date iOS 6) would not play in Quicktime player, but it DID play in the Finder preview, surprisingly. I finally figured out what I did wrong: I first downloaded all of my "Camera Roll" to my Mac in iPhoto, then exported the files from there to a Finder folder. However, I didn't pay attention that the default export file type is .jpg - which is obviously not the right one for a video. So I went into iPhoto again, selected the movie file, chose "Export" and then selected "Original" instead of "JPEG" from the "Kind:" pull-down menu. (Stupidly, iPhoto reverts back to "JPEG" the next time you open it - why? Also, why is there no easier way to download picture and movie files from the iPhone to the Mac than the route I just described? But this is besides the point of this discussion...)
Anyway, now the video plays in all the right ways as intended. - might be something to try?
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I had the same problem. Came across my video effects that I had set in VLC. If mine were enable, the picture was black and white, as in, sharp black and white. I disabled them and the picture was back to normal. Try messing with them to see if that helps.