Clip plays fine in Premiere 6, but skips after conversion for the web

[LABachlr]

I have an mpeg that I converted from a burned DVD (which I do all the time), and it plays fine when I play it in Premiere 6. But when I convert it to a .wmv file (Save for the web>Windows Media - Video>Broadband/LAN), it skips. Any tips on how to fix it?

Also, what other video editing software would you suggest? Any free ones?

[sidyadav]

hm.. not sure why that happens, have you tried using another tool? a DVD ripper?

Sid

[LABachlr]

That's one of the tools that I used to get to where I am now:

DVD Ripper
DVD2AVI
TMPGEnc (to mpg)

The mpg plays great. It's just when I try converting it is when it skips. Could it be the read/write speed of the hard drive of my laptop? It's fairly new, though. It's a Toshiba Satellite 1405-S171. Here are the specs:

1.5GHz
512MB DDR
30GB HD (not sure of the RPM's; if anyone knows, I'd love to know; may call Toshiba to find out)

I did an HD benchmark read/write test, and it looks like it lags in the beginning, but gets better. Here are the results from that test:

[xkalybr.com...]

I may purchase a USB 2.0 enclosure for my 60GB 7200RPM HD. Would it work better if I converted it on that drive with my laptop? Even using USB 1.1 connection?

I also may swap out the HD for a faster one on this laptop.

If it could be something else, please do tell.