Does MKV behave differently than AVI

I am a novice to this whole experience of streaming my vid and pic files to TV, I know nothing technical yet.
I realize there are similar posts, but I couldn't find a definitive answer.
Do any of you experience these issues
Often only lasting about 5-10 minutes before starting into jerky playback and eventually stopping 10-12 seconds between pauses making it unviewable.
I noticed when I shut the BD player down and restart it, the playback seems to buffer faster and provides better performance (even with AVI) but with MKV, eventually fails all-together
I converted my MKV's to AVI format to see if it made a difference. In some cases it did, but for the better part, the files were still large and playback was eventually interrupted.
I can't make it through a whole movie without having to restart BD player at least once.
Should I be converting to a lower format quality file in order to achieve better playback, I really hate sacrificing quality.
Are there things I can do to improve the performance of the devices whether its the computer, router or BD player to help improve the performance of MKV playback.
I realize there are similar posts, but I couldn't find a definitive answer.
Do any of you experience these issues
Often only lasting about 5-10 minutes before starting into jerky playback and eventually stopping 10-12 seconds between pauses making it unviewable.
I noticed when I shut the BD player down and restart it, the playback seems to buffer faster and provides better performance (even with AVI) but with MKV, eventually fails all-together
I converted my MKV's to AVI format to see if it made a difference. In some cases it did, but for the better part, the files were still large and playback was eventually interrupted.
I can't make it through a whole movie without having to restart BD player at least once.
Should I be converting to a lower format quality file in order to achieve better playback, I really hate sacrificing quality.
Are there things I can do to improve the performance of the devices whether its the computer, router or BD player to help improve the performance of MKV playback.