# Downloaded Video - choppy playback

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloaded-video-choppy-playback/607194
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 23, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloaded-video-choppy-playback/607194 "2011-12-23T16:38:00Z")
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### Author: ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloaded-video-choppy-playback/607194/1 "2011-12-23T16:38:00Z")

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Why is it that when I download a video (Youtube, for example) to Realplayer it plays back all choppy. It plays fine when viewed on Youtube directly. Is there a better way to copy videos for later use? I insert them into Powerpoint presentations.

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### Author: ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloaded-video-choppy-playback/607194/2 "2011-12-23T16:40:22Z")

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Moving from Great Debates to General Questions.