Ahh videos play fine on standard video player but XBMC lags like crazy!

Hey guys,

New to Android media players, XBMC, and the forum!

Have a PC and external hard drive hooked up to the PC. Have the PC hooked up to wireless router via an ethernet cable. Media player runs Android and is hooked up to a TV using HDMI cable and connect wirelessly to the router and thus the external hard drive with the movie media/content.

I can navigate to the movies using the 'Network' app and play the videos using the standard video player on the device and they play great! Smooth, clear, perfect!

XBMC however is a different story. Every single video no matter the resolution lags. It's choppy and plain yuck. I've tried all the different audio settings and video settings and no luck, they all don't play properly. I even plugged the media player straight into the router to see if it was a wireless signal issue and same result, lag all over the show. And using the wireless the videos play perfect through the standard media player anyway.

Running XBMC 12.2.

Is anyone able to tell me what the heck is going on? Why is XBMC making my videos play like crap?

Please help

Much appreciated, thanks.