I assume you are writing about
ArcSoft's Video Impression Ver 2.0.

I assume you are making a VCD (Video CD).

I assume your computer meets not just the requirements, but also the recommended hardware.

Recommended hardware is listed here:
http://www.alamopc.org/pcalamode/reviews/current/R20031103.shtml

Try playing this VCD on a set-top DVD player as well as the computer.
Try playing the VCD on a friends computer and see if the performance is better.

The quality of a video on a VCD is not as good as on a DVD. The picture size is about 352 x 288 and may look blockey if expanded to a DVD image size of 720 x 576.

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