Trouble playing movie files off of Time Capsule

I have a bunch of videos stored on my time capsule that I want to play on my mini sitting under my tv. Quicktime stutters and stalls whether it's the original canon camera movie files or the compressed divx/xvid version. I thought with a new mini Mac using wireless N I would not have this problem. Are there any buffer settings I can set to give quicktime a little more room to breathe? Perhaps someone can recommend another video player that has a buffer setting for network files? Or a better way to compress/convert files so quicktime can play them smoothly? Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Go back into QuickTime Player, Window menu, Show Movie Info and check the Format: field again - it should list the audio format as well. Perhaps its AC3 ?
AC3 CoDec - 0.4b1 for AC3 audio in AVI files - FREE - this one claims compatibility with QuickTime 7.0.2 and later
http://www.mactcp.org.nz/quicktime/AC3CodecMacOSX.sitx
AC3 CoDec - 0.3 - FREE - NOTE: NOT CURRENTLY COMPATIBLE WITH QUICKTIME 7.0.2+ ! (If your AVI's have no sound, remove this CoDec)
http://www.insaneness.com/
A52 decompressor for A52/AC-3 audio (although not in avi divx files apparently) - FREE
http://shep.thefridgeowl.com/a52codec.php

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Agree with ^^^^
If you move iTunes, or iPhoto or any library to the TC you are asking for trouble.. it can be done.. but the cost is high.. there is no backup automated in the TC.. your files will be easily corrupted or lost when the TC dies.. as die it must.

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I really don't think it is a codec issue, if it was you would likely get no play, but you are getting some.
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My first thought was a video device driver issue, this has been known to be a symtom of green screen. This is why I had asked if the computer was running perhaps XP and upgraded to Vista, therefore needing to upgrade the Display Adapter (video device) driver for Vista.
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When you have kernel panics, the pertinent information is in the panic report.
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I know this topic i much discussed, but searching has not turned up a solution.
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Thanks Allan,
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A5. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
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