Choppy and staggering playback on openSUSE 10.2

[superphysics]

I just installed a fresh copy of openSUSE 10.2, all graphics drivers on my 2 GHz Dual core, 2 GB RAM machine. I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600I'm a fresh user of Linux.

I installed VLC player as specified in the instructions on the download page. The problem is that most video formats are playing very badly - chopping and staggering - while the audio is prefectly OK. I say 'most' formats because there is at least one format (*.asf) that is playing OK. I haven't been able to ascertain if there are other such formats.

I have been through the official and unofficial wikis. Nothing helps.

What is the problem? Can someone help?

[dimstar]

Do you have by any chances Compiz running on your system?

I've seen several issues with compiz and video playback, from blurry images up to not recognizable.

[superphysics]

No. Compiz is not installed on my system. It is a fresh copy of openSUSE and the only thing I installed before the vlc player was my video card driver.