Is it normal for long .wmv videos to "buffer"/load very slowly??

Like I have to watch the whole thing from the beginning I can't skip or fast forward because the time-line loads so slow...
Files in my drive not on the internet or anything.

Cov99 wrote:
Like I have to watch the whole thing from the beginning I can't skip or fast forward because the time-line loads so slow...
Files in my drive not on the internet or anything.
I have this issue on some WMV files as well. I guess the software is just not there yet...

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