Was the cable a USB cable? I think maybe the video file format your camcorder is saving to the memory card might be the problem, the software you are using (giving you the jerky playback) is having a problem with the video file format, it can't play it back properly, do you know what format the video files are? Again, what make/model is your camcorder so it can be checked out on Google for more info.

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