Video Streaming off time Capsule

Hey guys,
I have all my movies on my timecapsule and when I am trying to view them they are very choppy. Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?
Cheers

Hello whatsurbid. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Are the network clients, that will be watching the streamed movies from the Time Capsule, connected by wire or wireless. If wireless, which radio mode is the TC configured for: 802.11b/g or 802.11n only? Are there any non-802.11n clients on the network? Is there a Time Machine backup in progress when you try streaming?
For streaming video, especially 1080p, your network should be 1 Gbps Ethernet between the video server & the client. If Ethernet is not desirable/available, then the wireless ratio mode should be "802.11n only (5 GHz)" with wide-channels enabled. This would allow up to 300+ Mbps of bandwidth. Anything less than this, may be the reason you are experiencing "choppy" video performance.

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+The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data+
+in "" could not be read or written.+
+(Error code -36)+
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