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Does it do this with any video? It sounds like the file you are using has more than one video stream. Please check and verify.

What version of windows, what hardware, did you update drivers for your video card, what other players do you have installed?

for the stuttering playback issue: the latest news is uninstalling the K-lite codec pack will improve things. ohter than that disable any power management/processor tuning utilitity/tool/setting you can find. for the playlist in the bottom: I am a bit puzzled what you mean, can you make a screenshot...

The geforce2 MX graphics in that system cannot handle the decoding of the h264 properly so it's thrown off to your CPU, which is too slow to handle it too. One option would be to put a more recent video card in there, given you have AGP that would be something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Produc...

Ok, maybe there's even something else interacting here as my DPC tool screen was showing no troublebefore and after I toggled the settings for power management disable/enable and reports elsewhere say the same after toggling the sound output between Default/WaveOut/Default. After you do something li...

Without any further info there's nothing we can do. It's very difficult to find an unknown codec especially if the program that was used for creating the videos didn't bother to properly mark the resulting files with something useful.

I am seeing improvements after changing audio out to waveout and back to default and I am seeing improvement after disabling power management and enable it back. So somewhere, somehow the settings (registry), VLC, power management, timing, audio drivers are interacting in the wrong way after a defau...

What OS, what hardware, what settings did you adjust before giving up? If it is Realtek and windows XP SP3 we have definitely a pattern here.

I've done some research, it appears there's no optimized/vendor driver available for this audio solution. If there is another way to add audio to your system/use the onboard audio already built-in, I suggest you use that one.

I've seen another posting recently where this is caused by the media file you open has actually two embedded video streams.

Updated your audio drivers to the latest version? Updated the chipset/USB drivers to the latest version? Windows fully updated? Checked for viruses/malware?

In the menu, Tools, Messages, Verbosity -> 2, play the file and post the log you get please so we can see what might be causing this.

You do have an updated and working anti-virus/anti-malware program?
Is VLC the only program crashing with this error?
What version of windows?
What version of VLC?

Do you have any information on your computer (age, brand, specifications)? Then we can give an educated guess for starters.

Do you have any other player you can use to playback the recorded file to check if the audio data is in the file too?

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pa ... Notes.aspx
"Blocky video corruption no longer seen when using VLC"

So get the latest drivers first, I think:
http://support.amd.com/US/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx

It seems there's no other option than to wait for an update from either VLC or Realtek.

ok, next option. Change the audio output to Win32 waveOut extension output, restart VLC, set it back to Default, restart VLC. If that doesn't work, check your audio drivers and see if you have the latest version. Realtek HD audio in particular seems to have this problem in my area, my own (working n...

And another question: what audio chips/drivers do you use. I am seeing a pattern there...

change your power management settings one time to something else, then change them back (in windows). This workaround may help for you.

If it doesn't, disable power management in the bios, reboot, enable it in the bios, reboot, that does work as a workaround.

This is part of a bigger issue with power management/VLC interference that can also cause jittery playback/stutter because the system timer is not properly read for some odd reason. I have no idea how they solved this in WMP that is working fine on all machines affected by this issue. Workaround so ...

What dreambox do you have, what firmware are you running and what version of VLCF? Has this setup (firmware version + VLCF) ever worked with a different OS?

Eh? Who? Me?

He already said that he reset the BIOS settings to defaults.

I am asking RazzMaTazz007 to find out if also resetting the bios to defaults was overkill.

Any luck?

Can you ask your girlfriend what she used to make the videos/how she has recorded them and with what camera/device?

If it does, uninstall/reinstall VLC with the option, "clear previous cache/settings" and it should work normally, I think.

What settings did you change and more important, where? If only in windows, there's a remote chance I might be able to script the settings in some sort to help out other with the stutter issue. I am leaning towards a corruption issue in the power management settings of which I hope is just the regis...