Oppo DV-970HD Severe Stuttering

[scandx]

I recently purchased 3 DV-970HD DVD Players because of their ability to handle a wide variety of video file types.

However I am having problem playing certain video files. Some video stutters very much. There is about 1/2 second of motion, then frozen frame for about 5-6 seconds, then 1/2 second of motion, then frozen frame for about 5-6 seconds again. This repeats with every file of this type. I have tried burning and playing from a few different DVDs and also from a few different burned CDs. It appears the DVD/CD media and burn type makes not difference. It is the particular encoding of the file.

Following is the GSpot information for the problematic video files. Please can you tell me what in particular about this encoding is causing the stuttering problems with the 970HD. The bitrate is approximately 960 kbs which is well under that divx home video 2Mbs/s standard

Also should note I am using this version of the firmware:
05.00.01.07 Batch: 3A-0916

Thanks in advance. Any info about what the oppo doesn't like would be appreciated so I can know what to avoid when encoding.

FILE_SIZE 734,932,992
CONT_AUDIO_STREAM_COUNT 1
CONT_BASETYPE AVI(.AVI)
CONT_BYTES_MISSING 0
CONT_INTERLEAVE_ALIGN Split
CONT_INTERLEAVE_PRELOAD 512
CONT_INTERLEAVE_TIME 42
CONT_SUBTYPE OpenDML (AVI v2.0),
CONT_TOTAL_BITRATE 0
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_AVI1
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_AVI2
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_CVD1
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_CVD2
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_DVD1
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_DVD2
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_SVCD1
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_SVCD2
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_VCD1
VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_VCD2
VIDEO_ASPECT_SOURCE_MATCH
VIDEO_ASPECT_TYPE_NTSC
VIDEO_ASPECT_TYPE_PAL
VIDEO_BITRATE 965
VIDEO_CODEC_NAME XviD ISO MPEG-4
VIDEO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed
VIDEO_CODEC_TYPE xvid
VIDEO_DAR 2.353
VIDEO_DURATION 1:09:03
VIDEO_FIELDS_PER_SEC
VIDEO_FRAME_COUNT 11863368
VIDEO_FRAMES_PER_SEC 23.976
VIDEO_H264
VIDEO_MPEG2
VIDEO_MPEG2_3X2
VIDEO_MPEG2_BFF
VIDEO_MPEG2_I_L
VIDEO_MPEG2_PPF
VIDEO_MPEG2_PROG
VIDEO_MPEG2_TFF
VIDEO_MPEG4 MPEG-4
VIDEO_MPEG4_BVOP B-VOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_GMC GMC
VIDEO_MPEG4_NVOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_QPEL QPel
VIDEO_PAR 1.000
VIDEO_PICS_PER_SEC 23.976
VIDEO_QF 0.231
VIDEO_SAR 2.353
VIDEO_SIZE_X 640
VIDEO_SIZE_Y 272
AUDIO_BITRATE 448
AUDIO_BITRATE_TYPE CBR
AUDIO_CHANNEL_COUNT 6
AUDIO_CODEC 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3
AUDIO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed
AUDIO_MPEG_STREAM_ID
AUDIO_MPEG_SUBSTREAM_ID
AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE 48000

[jagabo]

I don't really know that player but Xvid's three warp point GMC may be the problem. I wouldn't expect that to be as regular as you describe it though.

Try a quick remultiplex with VirtualDubMod. Maybe that will help.