Why is video played in iTunes bad quality, and good quality in Quicktime??

I have tested playing movies on Quicktime that are not in iTunes and they play perfectly well. Then I tried playing movies that I had already imported into iTunes and they didn't work as well.....certain frames of the videos froze and only when another shot occurred, would the screen change - and freeze once again. Some videos also had sometimes had green blochy bits around the screen.
All help is appreciated!

In the article it suggests disabling 'Direct3D video acceleration in Quicktime'. On my computer it does not show that option. And it does not help much in disabling DirectX altogether.
Also, my computer does not have the option illustrated in the screenshots in 'Modify your System Drive Configuration'. I am not sure why it is differen, but I can send you screenshots from my computer to your email if you want.

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