Best Practices for smooth video playback

I'm using a low res. video as a reference movie in a 5.1 project. 23.98 fps, H.264. Video playback is very choppy. In the video playback window the Resolution setting in the pulldown menu is greyed out. It's set to Full Res. How do I change this setting? Also any tips for achieveing smooth video playback?
Thanks.

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Ha, typical. No repsonse. Where's Durin when you need him?
Give the man a break - he's probably asleep, and now you're expecting him to work over the weekend...
I'm sorry, but I can't help you with the video problem. The only time I tried this recently, I couldn't get the damn video to play in Audition at all, so I gave up; fortunately it didn't matter. The only thing I know is that the video engine it uses has been changed at some stage (probably CS5.5) - heaven only knows what the implications of this are.

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possibly move our training efforts towards Adobe Flash technology.
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delivery. Since we have 100's of these videos, our preference is to
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