Choppy Videos and poor playback quality

I have a problem with the TV shows im trying to play in itunes. The audio runs at the correct speed and sounds fine, but the video is choppy and wont sync with the audio that is playing at the correct. I thought the problem was with my computer but i recently restored my computer to the original factory settings with Vista. I Tunes is the only program that is giving me trouble with my video playback. Any Advise?

DFW, does your computer meet the minimum specifications for playing videos in iTunes (as given on the iTunes download page)?
2.0 GHz Pentium class processor or better
512MB RAM
32MB video RAM
If it does, take a look here and see if any of the tips help:
Troubleshooting iTunes for Windows Vista video playback performance issues
Good luck.

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• Best Performances
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(movies + menus up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
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6. I use DVD-R (no +R or +/-RW) - DVD-R play’s on more and older DVD-Players
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8. Don’t burn more than three DVDs at a time - but let the laser cool off for a while before next batch.
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• DVD is a standard in it self. It is Standard Definition Quality = Same as on old CRT-TV sets and can not
deliver anything better that this.
HD-DVD was a short-lived standard and it was only a few Toshiba DVD-players that could playback.
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_ BD-Player or PlayStation3 - to be able to playback
The BD-encoded DVDs can be play-backed IF Mac also have Roxio DVD-player tool. Not on any standard Mac or DVD-player
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• How it was recorded - Tripod vs Handheld Camera. A stable picture will give a much higher quality
• Audio is most often more critical than picture. Bad audio and with dropouts usually results in a non-viewed movie.
• Use of Video-editor. iMovie’08 or 09 or 11 are not the tools for DVD-production. They discard every second line resulting in a close to VHS-tape quality.
iMovie 1 to HD6 and FinalCut any version delivers same quality as Camera record in = 100% to iDVD
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other strange formats are .avi, .wmv, .flash etc. Convert to streamingDV first
Also audio formats matters. I use only .aiff or from miniDV tape Camera 16-bit
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(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
(US) NTSC DVDs most often are playable in EU
(EU) PAL DVDs most often needs to be converted to play in US
UNLESS. They are play-backed by a Mac - then You need not to care
• What kind of DVDs You are using. I use Verbatim DVD-R (this brand AND no +R or +/-RW)
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Pro Quality (only in iDVD 08 & 09)
Best / High Quality (not always - most often not)
Best / High Performances (most often my choice before Pro Quality)
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Region codes.
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DVD Studio pro can set Region codes.
1 = US
2 = EU
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What it turned out to be was the "quality" settings in iDVD. The total clip time was NOT over 2 hours or 4.7GB, yet iDVD created massive visual artifacts on the "professional quality" setting.
I switched the settings to "high quality" which solved the problem. According iDVD help, "high quality" determines the best bit rate for the clips you have.
I have NEVER seen iDVD do this before, especially when I was under the 2 hour and 4.7GB limits.
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hello, my problem is that when i play video it's choppy, it used to get fixed by just installed itunes again, but now it's always choppy. a second and weird problem is that i have a video that cannot be deleted, every time i do, itunes freezes and quits. any ideas? i have reinstalled multiple times and installed older versions of itunes.

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