I reinstalled the i965-va-driver. Here is the output of the hdparm command for the drive that currently houses the video file:
tracy@tracy-hp:~$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/sdb [sudo] password for tracy: /dev/sdb: Timing buffered disk reads: 352 MB in 3.01 seconds = 117.06 MB/sec I moved the video file to a different drive, and tried it in totem again. Same problem. Here's the hdparm output for that drive: tracy@tracy-hp:~$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 1198 MB in 3.00 seconds = 399.32 MB/sec -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1774915 Title: Video freezes and stutters when using totem (audio continues fine) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1774915/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs