Watching Movies on iTunes Stutters and Locks Up

Hey all,
I have a new Laptop, Windows XP installed. I watched a TV show tonight, 1 hour, (Farscape, woo hoooo), and perhaps every min or perhaps 4 min's, the screen freezes. At 2 points, the voice mis-matched, and I closed out iTunes and reopened it to restart the show at the drop point.
Any idea's what this could be?
I tried full screen mode, regular screen size.
This computer is Alienware and has dual SLI cross fire Graphics Cards. Could that be a possiblity that iTunes isnt capable of playing movies in SLI mode?

Hi NicoleMVA,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots.
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
Home Sharing your iTunes library with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV (2nd generation)
Home Sharing can also extend streaming of music, movies, TV shows, and more to your iOS devices and Apple TV (2nd generation). To stream music, movies, TV shows, and more to the multiple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices in your family, as well as your Apple TV (2nd generation), you will need to turn on Home Sharing on the devices. You'll also need to use the same Apple ID on each device on your home Wi-Fi network.
Verifying iTunes video conversion and video syncing using sample QuickTime files
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1211
I hope this information helps ....
Happy Holidays!
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