Why do I have choppy video playback?

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Why do i have choppy video playback?

I'm facing a problem with Blu-ray (.mkv) videos on my PC. When the video is playing sometimes it just freezes or plays quickly, but the sound goes on and later the video starts playing properly. I tried switching to different media players (Movie player, splayer, vlc player) but the same problem occurs. Also, I reconfigured the graphics card settings but I'm easily able to play HQ games. Graphics card - ATI Radeon HD3470 PC - Sony VAIO FW Ubuntu 11.04

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Big videos like that can choke video cards if they don't have native codec support. Best bet is to check...

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Are you connecting it via eSATA or usb? If you take those files off the toshiba, does the quality improve...

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okay, I have a dazzle capture card, and I sometimes have choppiness issues as well. for updating the...

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I guess you need to update your video driver. Hope this link can be helpful: http://www.drivers-updates...

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What is causing choppy video playback?

This problem just started today, before that everything was working fine. But when I go to play any videos on youtube or anything, the sound for the video plays perfectly, while the video is really choppy. It will show an image at 1 second in, then freeze...

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