How to Play HD Video on Slow Computer – Fix Video Lagging

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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 are 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. 

 

One of the readers commented Why HD 1080p videos lag on my computer? how to fix video lagging? 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 properly on 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. 

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: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html 

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

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

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

e. IMP: CoreAVC [for Windows, Linux, Mobile, and Embedded]: http://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 especially 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. 

Best Program for playing HD Video on Slow Computer 

If you tried above ways still failed to play HD video on computer, you can adopt the HD video friend - Pavtube Video Converter. With it, you can directly all problems playing HD video or SD/4K video on slow computer. (read review) 

Why Using Pavtube Video Converter? 

✔ Support converting all HD video including H.265, MOV, MP4, MKV, AVI, Tivo, MXF, AVCHD, MEG, MPEG, Apple ProRes etc 300+ formats on computer 
✔ Convert HD video to VLC/QuickTime/Windows Media Player best format for smooth playing 
✔ Convert HD video to computer more playable format like MP4 etc 
✔ Compress 4K to HD video for smooth playing on computer 
✔ Adjust the parameters including size, bitrate, frame rate, etc. to get a high quality of output files and best settings for video 
✔ Compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP 

Mac version - Pavtube Video Converter for Mac 

How to Convert HD video for playing smoothly? 

Step 1. Click “Add video” button to add your video files to the program. Or directly drag the video you want to convert to the left item bar. 

 

Step 2. Set right output format. Click “Format” bar, and select .mp4 from “Common video” or “HD video” to suit your needs. 

A. If you want to convert video to VLC, you can choose HD MP4 video from HD Video 
B. If you want to convert video to QuickTime, you can choose MOV format from Common Video 
C. If you want to convert video to Windows Media Player, you can select WMV/MP4 from Common Video or HD Video. 

 

 

 

Tips: The default settings may not satisfy you, and you can click the “Settings” button to change the settings by yourself including video resolution, bit rate, audio sample rate, audio channel etc. for full screen playback smoothly. Or keep no changes, which is also a good choice. 

Step 3. Click the “Convert” button on the main interface and the software will start to convert HD video to any video formats immediately. When the conversion finishes, click “Open” to find the converted video files.