Guggs Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 My "old" computer, some things, such as YouTube, wouldn't work well. Video would start, then a few seconds later it would stop and "think." Then continue on. Same problem with my new computer. YouTube is just an example. I don't watch or listen to YouTube too much. My Internet speed is 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guggs Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 NetFlix works just fine however. Am watching a movie right now. Also, AOL and Yahoo videos do not work either on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggieFries Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 (edited) NetFlix works just fine however. Am watching a movie right now.Also, AOL and Yahoo videos do not work either on my computer. Do you know the version of flash you have installed? Go to youtube and right mouse click on one of the movies you're watching. It should say something like "About Adobe Flash Player X" where "X" is the version number. I believe they're up to 10 right now. It might be you're using an older version. Edited December 7, 2009 by BiggieFries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'm thinking it may have more to do with the pipe than the player. Typically when a video stops because not enough has downloaded it means that your connection is slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'm thinking it may have more to do with the pipe than the player. Typically when a video stops because not enough has downloaded it means that your connection is slow. This. One way to check is to pause the video itself and let the download get well ahead, then play. If it plays fine, then it's the pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggieFries Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'm thinking it may have more to do with the pipe than the player. Typically when a video stops because not enough has downloaded it means that your connection is slow. I was going to mention this as well but rethought it as he said that Netflix runs fine. If his "tubes" started getting "clogged" then Netflix will stop playing and rebuffer. It'll give a little warning as well, something to the effect of "Your connection has slowed, so we're going to crash your machine because we're using Silverlight" or some crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I was going to mention this as well but rethought it as he said that Netflix runs fine. If his "tubes" started getting "clogged" then Netflix will stop playing and rebuffer. It'll give a little warning as well, something to the effect of "Your connection has slowed, so we're going to crash your machine because we're using Silverlight" or some crap. Unless Netflix is way more efficient than Youtube, thus it doesn't overtake the download. I know Youtube has a horrendous effect on resources / bandwidth, which is why we block it across the board here at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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