Having playback issues with recorded programs

[ddbabes]

I have searched and tried most of the suggestions posted previously but to no avail. I have a dual ore dual xeon proc machine with 4GB RAM, and a NVIDIA Quadro 3600 video card. I am running XP64, and using a Pinncle 800E USB HDTV stick. Watching programs is fine, it even records. But when i playback there are serious problems. The video and audio are choppy. I tried playing the recorded programs in the software itself, PowerDVD,WMP11, WMP10, and even installed Klite codecs and used WMP classic. I still have issues. Can nyone please help?

[Deusxmachina]

Does the file play fine in VLC? VLC is self-contained. Those other programs all use the DirectShow codecs you installed into Windows. VLC is always good to have around to doublecheck things in cases like this. If VLC can't play something, it's usually the file.

I'd also consider uninstalling klite and install CCCP codec pack. CCCP is recommend by many encoding groups, as well as the guy who created .mkv.

Who knows, could just be a fragmented hard drive. If you can watch live fine, you're almost there.