Itunes stutter on full screen

i continue to have intermittent problems with audio stutter while attempting to watch a movie or videos on full screen....regular size sounds fine, when full screen is accessed, then the audio stutter begins....when going back to regular screen the audio clears up and plays as it is supposed to.... i am running an early 2008 mac pro with osx maverick running 2 screens and 32 gb ram.... note: when playing youtube on fullscreen, the audio stutter is not present...only from itunes... any suggestions? thanks!

I've had this problem ever since iTunes 11.0.x while using Front Row on Snow Leopard and haven't found a solution. What I have ascertained over the years is that it only happens to movies or TV shows that I've bought from iTunes, never with a movie that I've ripped from a DVD. So just out of curiosity is this happening to you only with movies purchased from iTunes or all??
I was beginning to think that if I upgraded to (Mountain) Lion it would stop, but it appears that is not the case.

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Hi,
I am experimenting with getting what's on my MacBook Pro (15" 2ghz quad core, bought 5/11) displayed/played on my HD TV. I have tried all kinds of approaches (XBMC, Plex, Boxee (the software version), Front Row, Miro, Serviio, TV Mobli, Twonky, and who knows what else on the MBP as well as XBMC on an older Powerbook as well as using DirecTV's Media Share) but none are satisfactory. The current approach is to connect the MBP to the TV by a display port to HDMI cable.
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