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Video Playback Freezes
Hi all~ When I play videos on my laptop, the picture and audio will freeze after about 15 minutes while the timeline continues to move. If I wait for a minute, the picture will suddenly fast forward, trying to catch up to the timeline, while the audio resumes normally. Once the picture catches up, it freezes again while the audio and timeline continue. At this point, I have to click on a spot in the timeline to sync the picture, audio, and timeline again. This usually happens once or twice while playing a 25-minute video.
If I try stopping the video or clicking out of the program while the picture/audio are frozen, then the program will say "not responding," and it takes a minute or two for the program to close successfully.
This happens when I play MKV videos on VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player, and Windows Media Player Classic. I've had my laptop for 9 months, and I first noticed this issue within the past 7 days. I remember that there were a ton of windows updates at the end of August. I wonder if the latest windows update caused this problem? I attempted system restore, but it doesn't work. It keeps saying that it's missing a file and recommends that I turn off my anti-virus program, which I did. But then again, the only system restore point I have is when Windows made a critical update, so that might not have worked anyways.
And of course, I rebooted my laptop several times already.
Any suggestions?
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