Video freezes when playing....?

Hi,
Hope someone can help. I understand all the muxed 1& 2 business. So i'm not asking about that. I have some vids on my 60Gb Ipod, some play no problems, but some I have freeze after 30 or so seconds of playback. After about 5-10 seconds the video will start to play again but have no sound. To get this sound back, i have to flick the vid a few seconds forwards or backwards and the sound seems to come back, until another 30 or so sec's when it freezes again!........surely this isn't right?
Anyone>????
Thanks in advance
  Windows XP  

I presume that your converting sw does not report any errors upon completion? Converting these files is very processor and RAM intensive, although you may well have a very powerful machine I tend to run the conversion sw on its own, usually overnight - I found the success rate of producing a good rip far greater than when i used to try and mulit task my pc.

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