Freezing during video playback / ftp transfer

[Jonnip]

Have noticed of recent that when i am watching movies on my laptop (avi's) after about 30 min the movie will freeze. at first i thought it was the file but trying files that i have known previously to work i have found that they also freeze now.

i have also noticed that when trying to upload files via FTP they will freeze half way and timeout.

i have run disk verify, and it has come back fine
have tested the RAM using techtool pro and that also came back fine.

any ideas?
Thanks
Jonni

 

[GGJstudios]

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[Jonnip]

Sorry!
its a MBP 13" 2.53 Ghz with 4GB ram 250HD - all standard
osx 10.6.3

Adobe CS3, MS Office, Cog, RSS Owl, Skype, Transmit

Thanks
Jonni

To Add,

I have just tried transferring some of these files to my USB drive and i am also unable to transfer some of them.

I can use adobe/office/firefox and no problems though,

 

[Gorilla Power]

What software are you using to play the avi's ? You could try to trash the .plist files of that program from ~/Library/Preferences, empty them from your Trash Can and reboot to see if it changes anything.

The FTP problem, I'm not sure of, but they may not be related to each other.

 

[Jonnip]

hi im using VLC,
tried what you recommended just now and no difference