Hi, I have Win XP Pro SP3, and have installed VLC version 2.0.1. I have ripped a few of my DVDs to ISO files with DVD shrink. When I play one of the ISO files in VLC, at 3 places in the movie it temporarily seems to freeze (for about a second or so), and then continues playing – but it has skipped a second or so of the movie. It’s not a DVD shrink issue, since if I play the original DVD directly, the same thing happens. It always happens at the same 3 places.
The same DVD (and ISO file) play O.K. in Windows Media Player and Dell Media Experience (using DVDfab virtual drive to play the ISO file in both cases), so it would appear not to be an issue with the DVD/ISO file. I haven’t noticed a problem with other ISO files, but I haven’t yet used VLC very much to play ISO files (or real DVDs).
I also tried playing the ISO file in VLC using DVDfab virtual drive, i.e. pointing VLC at the virtual drive rather than directly at the ISO, but it still freezes at the same 3 places.
I saw in the VLC FAQ that playback issues could happen because the CPU is not fast enough. My Dell Inspiron 9200 laptop is now 7-8 years old, with processor speed 1.70GHz and 2GB of RAM. Could that be the problem? Might I have better playback with an older version of VLC, which might have lower hardware requirements? If so, could you recommend a particular earlier version?