Slow start to video playback

I have a video in H.264 format that I want to play from within a pdf file created with Acrobat 9. The pdf file and the video file reside on a CD. My problem is that the first time the movie plays, it takes 45 seconds for it to start. Thereafter it plays almost immediately, until you remove the CD, then the first time is again very slow to start.The video file is a clip that runs a couple of minutes and is about 36mb in size.
Is this normal behavior or am I doing something wrong? Unfortunately, if this is normal I will have to find an alternative because it is unacceptable.
Any suggestions?

Also, I sometimes get the following error message in VLC:
ffmpeg: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
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