Video Freezing

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The in game videos keep on lagging to a ridiculous degree. It essentially stays the same image the entire time, and if I'm lucky, it might change to a different frame at the last second before the end of the entire video. I know that it isn't my computer, as I have a fairly mid-range system that meets the recommended system requirements. The audio is absolutely fine, and there is no lag with it, but no video throughout the entire game works...Please help!
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Saw your other reply with the debug. I had the same video card and movies would not play properly on it. Frame by frame once every minute is what I had. Hate to say it , but the only solution I found came in the form of a shiny new graphics card  . Now movies play fine.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Go to My Documents, My Games, GalCiv2. Double click on preferences and change the "Fullscreen=1" value to "Fullscreen=0". This was just posted by another user, I tried it and now my video runs Much better. Hope it helps.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Generally problems with video stuttering are caused by using anti-aliasing on low end cards or some certain ones such as the GeForce FX series which just can't handle it very well. Turning AA down to 0 (off) in the game's options will generally clear up the issue.

If that doesn't fix it, please post the contents of your debug.err, which can be found at C:\Program Files\Stardock\Totalgaming\GalCiv2 (if you installed at the default location).
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for the quick response. The fullscreen fix seemed to almost eliminate the problems. Thanks again!