Videos are laggy and stutter

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For some reason I can get videos to play on my computer.

I've played the same video a number of players including VLC, Films & TV, Windows Media Player, 5KPlayer, PowerDVD and I have even uploaded videos to YouTube for testing and opened it up in a video editor called HitFilm Express.

I have downloaded the K-lite codec pack and the CCCP codec pack which did nothing.

I have messed around with a number of settings in VLC player with no luck.

The they lag and stutter in different places every time and lag differently on some of the players so it's not the video file.

It lags in HitFilm Express.

It plays almost flawlessly in 5KPlayer and super close the flawlessly in PowerDVD.

But the strangest part is that it plays 100% flawlessly once I upload it to YouTube.

Can anyone think of what the problem could possibly be?

***EDIT***

Sorry forgot my specs

i7 8700
16 GB RAM
1080 Ti OC
 
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what is your OS?

fire up Task Manager to see what process are running and to check the CPU, Memory and Disk %'s (click on the column headers to sort descending to see highest users)
 
Windows 10 Home 64-bit.

Before I play the video it's idle at CPU-0% RAM-14% Disk-0% GPU-0%.

During the video playing it's at CPU-2% RAM- 15% Disk-0% GPU-22% to 55%.

I also had GPU-Z open and the GPU load was 2% to 8%.
 
As an experiment could I suggest you download and try Pot Player, which you will probably prefer over VLC anyway. Try it and let us know.

Get it HERE
 
Pot Player lags/stutters and the audio levels go loud then quiet...

I also wanted to point out that the videos play fine on my
Macbook Air with VLC and my iPhone...
 
I'm still unfortunately having the issue...

The only update I have is that I can play the videos fine on my Macbook Air and iPhone.

Any ideas gentlemen?
 
so it's just the PC and independent of whatever video software use... strange.
so what about booting the PC into Safe Mode?
what about logging in on another user account? (create one if necessary)
because failing those, I'm at the 'you have a gremlin' stage or it's time to nuke it from space and reload - everything. (drastic yes, but how much time would that take, compared to time already spent?)
 
Can I ask if your Windows 10 has the latest updates?

Do you have a graphics card, and if so what make and model is it, or do you have onboard video?

It is possible Windows may have installed one of its own driver updates instead of from a manufacturer, which can be a worry at times.
 
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I booted into safe mode and the video has super low FPS.

I created a new user account and I had the same issue.

I'm completely open to doing a Windows reinstall. I already did one before I posted on here, but I'm not too familiar with Windows 10 so maybe I did it wrong twice?

Yes sir, Windows shows up-to-date.

I have a 1080 ti installed. I just had a 1070 but I bought the 1080 to try and fix the problem because I originally thought I didn't have enough power for game capture.

I downloaded the nvidia driver off of the site. Is it possible it could be another driver like a chipset or something?

This is a brand new PC and maybe I botched the install twice? Anyway I can check?

I don't like how Windows 10 installs it's own drivers... I could have missed something but because it installs it's own I can't see...

Also, does anyone else find it weird that when the video was playing the task manager said the GPU had a 22% to 55% load but GPU-Z was 2% to 8%?
 
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Hi. What brand and wattage PSU ?

Windows may have removed your Graphics Driver and install a generic one.
Stop Windows 10 driver updates. How to:

How to Disable Automatic Driver Downloads on Windows 10
  1. Right click the Start button and select Control Panel.
  2. 2. Make your way to System and Security.
  3. Click System.
  4. Click Advanced system settings from the left sidebar.
  5. Select the Hardware tab.
  6. Press the Device Installation Settings button.
  7. Choose No, and then press the Save Changes button.
Then go to Nvidia and get correct GPU Driver and install.
 
My PSU is a EVGA and it's 750W.

I had the issue even with the 1070.

I didn't run them off of the CD. I went to their site and used the MSI Live update thing to download the drivers.

Is there any way to install windows 10 without it pre-installing it's generic drivers to ensure I get everything? That's how I used to know back with XP and Vista that I got all the drivers.

Do you gentlemen think that possibly a missed chipset driver would cause an issue like this?

And since windows installs it's own drivers, is it possible that it could have installed a driver for the on-board graphics card making it conflict with my GPU?
 
You should install your chipset drivers regardless.

It is unlikely Windows would have installed a driver for your onboard video, which should be disabled anyway by the fitting of a physical graphic card.

A more permanent way to prevent Windows installing drivers, and sticks better is either by creating a group editor rule, or as you have Windows home version modifying the registry. Have a look here and if you scroll down you will see the method for the home version, and two already created registry modification files to prevent or enable driver updates.

https://www.howtogeek.com/302595/ho...from-automatically-updating-hardware-drivers/
 
I made sure that the chipset drivers were installed. Still having the issue.

Any other ideas gentlemen?
 
It's a local file. Internet shouldn't matter. And the YouTube video plays fine.
 
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