yes you are correct, HDD is in direct line to the WDTV and then that is wireless… yeah it all seemed to happen once i updated to OS Mavericks. idk what else to seek out because VLC is supposed to be lite and have everything bundled in it with no issue. VLC and my HDD work fine in direct play but lags via the WDTV. …so when you say I may have to wait for a new update, do you mean a push from WDTV?
Well no, I was thinking to Apple, since you’re experiencing problems only after OS update. 
