Smooth Video Playback - this may help you

[Phoenix Drone]

I have always used VLC. At resolutions above 1080p, and at any frame rate, and just using H.264, I have a little bit of stuttering video.

My notebook is 5 years old but was a powerhouse at the time- Asus G75, Samsung 860 EVO SSD, 16GB, i7-3610QM @ 2.3GHz, nVidia GTX 660M 2GB (a little old on the graphics card). My rendered video looks great on my Samsung 4K TV but the notebook had trouble keeping up on playback. I even tweaked the VLC codec cache. Still not good enough for me.

Recently I tried FastStone Image Viewer and it is totally smooth now! Give it a try and let me know if you got the same result.

 

[mikeocall22]

You, sir, are a hero, I have been having real issues with playback to the point I thought it was the Mavic. I have been using vlc and since I just tried FastStone all the lag and jitter has stopped!!!

 

[Harro]

Media Player Classic Home Cinema (free) is, in my opinion, much better than VLC. Try it.

 

[Phoenix Drone]

I get next to no stuttering using FastStone Image Viewer, but do with both VLC and MPC. I guess it depends on the system. I actually donated $20 to FastStone because it really helped smooth the video.