VLC won't play AVI properly

In my native player, Mi Video - it plays completely fine. But in VLC, it glitches and randomly shakes for like 5 seconds and then another frame comes up and it again glitches and again and again and I can't watch it. I'd like to use VLC for watching my first ever pirated movie/series (I'm quite a beginner), however I need to use mi video, which is good in terms of functionality and UI but it's kind of overwhelming so, can anyone help please?