[digiKam-users] QtAv - too much stutter on Win 10

[Boz Avram]

I use a reasonably powerful laptop, with Win 10 and DK 7.3; db is local, photos and videos on NAS, about 15k. 

Issue: Every playback of my .AVI and .mov files through DigiKam exhibits pronounced stutter, to a point of making the experience unpleasant. No such issues with any other video player I have used on these files. I am aware of the capability to use, within DK, on an item by item basis, an external player ( for example, I often use VLC with silky smooth experience on the same files), but that defeats one of the very strong features of DigiKam, which is highly integrated functionality to support seamless management of all digital media (both photo and video).  In my work flow, a story consists of a sequence of photos with interspersed short movies.

The issue seems to be specific to Windows, as I have no issues playing the same videos through DK on my MAC (which also eliminates the NAS as a potential source; I had exactly the same issue even when media was on the same laptop). 

My hope, since I like what DK offers overall, is that this issue is specific to my configuration, or if wider, that it could be addressed through development. Hence, a question: are other Windows users having these kinds of issues, and if there are any without, I’d appreciate any pointers on the configuration/HW they use. 

Thanks in advance, Avram