Computer Video Playback Problem

[Jandrews]

I have what appears to be a random problem when playing videos on my laptop. The problem is that the videos play in somewhat of a frame-by-frame mode. It varies, but it seems to be about 3 or four frames per second producing a very annoying "stutter" to the video. The audio is fine. This problem appears on some videos that are only 3 MB and then not on others that are 30 MB. Could be only certain file types, but I have not confirmed that. I have run all anti-virus, ad-aware and spy-ware programs and come back clean. Problem still exists.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

JA

[imcarthur]

Possibly a codecs issue???

Try the VLC media player. It seems to be fairly bulletproof. It's free too. See VLC Player.

Ian

[Jandrews]

Any idea how to diagnose a "codecs problem"? I am open to trying VLC...how does it compare to Windows Media Player?

Thanks,

JA