Aiport Extreme (N) & Video Playback

Hi there,
I have an external HD hooked up to my Airport Extreme base station. I have my iTunes library as well as some movies. When playing songs in iTunes wirelessly from the base station I do not have a problem, no loss, music plays smooth. However, when I play the movies in VLC media player, I get alot of lag with video & audio. It kind of pauses and drops for a second every now and then while watching. Is there something I can do in my configuration to make the movies play smooth like the music?

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

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