[Fixed] Video Lagging: Play HD Videos on Slow Computer [Fix YouTube Lagging/Skipping/Stuttering/Buffering/Playback/Choppy Problems]

Today is the era of HD - high definition videos, in addition to it, 4K videos are also coming to HD. This fast-changing world somehow makes some people left behind which is not able to change faster with the time. To be frank, there are lots of reasons why people are still stuck with low configuration PCs, and we are not here to discuss it.
Fixed Computer/PC/Laptop/YouTube Video player Lagging/Skipping/Stuttering/Buffering/Playback/Choppy Problems —
One of the readers commented Why HD 1080p videos lag on my computer? How to fix video lagging? How to play 1080p smoothly on VLC? Fix VLC lags when playing 1080p high-resolution videos. New HD videos that include 4K, FHD [Full HD], UHD [Ultra HD] movies are having better resolutions than standard definition.

In today's days, the smartphones are coming with built-in high MP cameras that shoot in HD, World's best video streaming website - YouTube also delivering HD videos, Set-top boxes are too recording in HD video files directly into your USB stick. But as long as these HD videos are coming rapidly into our day to day life, some of us still stuck with low configuration PC, and hence this post is going to explain how to play HD videos on low configuration PC.

Learn how to play HD videos in low resolution, faster on slow PC.

Can't play high-quality video? VLC or Windows Media Player freezing, skipping and lagging in playing the High-Definition [MKV, HD, MP4, AVI] videos? Youtube HD videos are not playing smoothly? Still, your PC having poor performance while playing 1080p videos? OR you are getting "YouTube Videos Won't Load/Play" error? No problem - here is the solution for that. Learn how to fix HD video not playing correctly on the computer [PC].

Last time we have seen how to [Fix] VLC - Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Error. But this time, we are going to see how to get rid on HD video not playing properly on low config. computer.

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Play High-Quality Videos [HD] on Low Configuration [Slow] PC

Here I am not going to explain and describe your problem, instead, here I am going to show the direct solution for your issues.

1. First and most importantly, you PC should be updated with latest updates.

2. You should have following plugins and Softwares. Make sure all these versions contain the latest updates and improvements.

a. VLC Video Player: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

b. QuickTime Lite [QuickTime Alternative]: https://filehippo.com/download_quicktime_alternative/

c. K-Lite Codec Pack: https://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

d. Codec Pack All-In-1: https://filehippo.com/download_codec_pack/

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e. IMP: CoreAVC [for Windows, Linux, Mobile, and Embedded]: https://www.corecodec.com/products/coreavc

3. Once you download and install these all video playing codecs, plugins, and software, you need to RESTART your PC.

4. Try to play any 1080p HD video file.

5. Solved to play HD video on old computer smoothly.

Bottom Line

These tools contain everything you need to play all popular video file formats like .mp4, .mkv, or .avi and are particularly well-known as standard tools for playing HD H.264 videos and helps to load video decoding directly with Microsoft Direct X video acceleration [DXVA] in all version of Windows OS.