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I'm trying to run a 1080p AVI using the following specs: E8400@3Ghz, 285GTX@Stock, 4GB Ram. Even after seeing people with much weaker system playing 1080p without stutter at all I can't seem to be able to run it smoothly.
PS: I tried in VLC and Mplayer
What can I do to play it smoothly?

EDIT: the OS is Vista Ultimate 32bit, and the video drivers are updated.

GZaidman
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Most definitely a software issue. Your hardware is more than capable of playing 1080p video. As you said, much lower systems are able to perform 1080p playback.

A few things to try:

  • Are you video drivers installed and up to date?
  • Have you tried other 1080p videos? Could be a problem with the video itself. Try other videos and also try the same video on other machines
  • Are you running any other resource heavy applications or services during the video playback? Check this by using your task manager

Also, let us know what operating system and version you are using.

th3dude
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Update your graphics drivers. Disable any active virus/spyware protection. Make sure the media you're playing is on your local disk (and not the network or the Internet). Uninstall VLC (also remove your settings/preferences) and install a fresh copy of the latest stable version.

qJake
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This depends what you mean by stutter.

Your machine is capable of playing it back, I would say this is a software, or more likely, codec issue.

I would download the K-Lite Codecs, available through Ninite, then try playing through Windows Media Player or Mplayer - this should hopefully help things. I am unsure how to use VLC with the codec pack.

William Hilsum
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