RTW: Slow Videos

[Guy]

All videos on my R:TW game (v1.5) are really slow and judder. This applies to all videos within the game and is quite frustrating. Any way I can change this?

[irishron]

Have you tried updating Windows Media Player?

[Guy]

I have the latest version, although I've had some problems due to a recent virus (not solved). Should I reinstall WMP?

[irishron]

It would not hurt. The virus could still be playing with it, too.

[Guy]

Reinstalled and scanned with AVG: no use. The videos are still slow and laggy. Gameplay is fine, like I said, only the videos (Activision intro, etc.) are just dire.

[irishron]

Hopefully someone else has an idea.

[Lucarius]

Hmm i can remember that a friend had this problem too, it could be solved
i just don't know how,
i'll try to contact him. (it was like a year ago when he had that problem but you never know)

let's first ask the standard question:

can your computer handle R:TW easy ?

[Alast0r]

If you're not an virus-geek stop using AVG and turn to Avast home edition - AVG has problems with removing some virus threats , he can "see" them but he can't remove them - and also install Malwarebytes or SpyBot Search and destroy :
Install and updated Avast - register for one year license before .
Install and update Malwarebytes ( here ).
Scan first using Malwarebytes > if it discovers threats select all and use the remove option > restart your computer .
Scan using Avast > if it discovers threats select all and instead of the default option ( quarantine ) select delete/remove .
Remember to use safe-browsing rules , always .
Anyway , I still believe that your problem is not virus-based , but you'll never know .

Also you can try this:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Windows Media Player problems
This can cause problems with full motion video in the game and when you start the game, it can cause mouse trail problems, probably some black screens here or there, and maybe some more I haven't heard about yet.
To exclude this as a possible cause of problems, make sure about 2 things:
1 - Make sure the SAFE_REFRESH:TRUE line is definitely set to TRUE in the preferences.txt file
2 - Determine your version of Windows Media Player. You should have either Windows Media Player version 9 or 10. Then do the following:
In case you're using Windows Media Player version 9, browze to the \Extras\Redist\ folder on cd1 of the game and run the file called wmfdist.exe. This will reset some codec settings that are needed for the game.
In case you're using Windows Media Player version 10, download it again if you don't have it anymore (Download Media Player 10) and reinstall it. This resets some initial settings as well that might cause problems with the game.

[Lucarius]

Did you already tried what Alast0r said ?
because my friend can't remember it.