Video question

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P & H Macguire

Not sure how to frame this query but here's the problem:

When trying to view videos (such as news items or Youtube) it proceeds in
fits and starts freezes for several seconds then continues. Ordinary video
dvds play OK though. Is there some setting I should adjust or what?

System:

Win XP Home SP2
Athlon 64 3400+
Radeon 9600
1 GB RAM

Regards and thanks in advance

Pat Macguire
 
Hi, If you try to veiw videos from the internet or any other network for that
matter they use a process called "buffering". What your experiencing is the
video downloading to your computer ( temporarily ) and your computer is
playing it faster than the time it can buffer the rest of the video... this
is quite normal for every ones computer unless you have a super fast download
speed. To get over this try pausing the video untill the buffering is
completed then the whole thing can be veiwed with no interuptions. Normally
you will see a bar near the video which will be shaded a different color to
represent the ammount buffered. sorry if this sounds confusing... good luck,
matt320
 
"Matt320" <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99C96E83-208A-45BC-BE27-443744949CE8@microsoft.com...
> Hi, If you try to veiw videos from the internet or any other network for
> that
> matter they use a process called "buffering". What your experiencing is
> the
> video downloading to your computer ( temporarily ) and your computer is
> playing it faster than the time it can buffer the rest of the video...
> this
> is quite normal for every ones computer unless you have a super fast
> download
> speed. To get over this try pausing the video untill the buffering is
> completed then the whole thing can be veiwed with no interuptions.
> Normally
> you will see a bar near the video which will be shaded a different color
> to
> represent the ammount buffered. sorry if this sounds confusing... good
> luck,
> matt320

No, not confusing- I think it's cleared it up. I have seen something about
buffering as you suggest. With some sites, as I suggested, it doesn't
happen, but maybe they force you to wait till the buffering is complete, or
perhaps I've been viewing these when the internet connection is faster.
Anyway, it all sounds logical so thanks for that.

Regards

Pat Macguire
 
no probs, thanks for replying.

"P & H Macguire" wrote:

>
> "Matt320" <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:99C96E83-208A-45BC-BE27-443744949CE8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, If you try to veiw videos from the internet or any other network for
> > that
> > matter they use a process called "buffering". What your experiencing is
> > the
> > video downloading to your computer ( temporarily ) and your computer is
> > playing it faster than the time it can buffer the rest of the video...
> > this
> > is quite normal for every ones computer unless you have a super fast
> > download
> > speed. To get over this try pausing the video untill the buffering is
> > completed then the whole thing can be veiwed with no interuptions.
> > Normally
> > you will see a bar near the video which will be shaded a different color
> > to
> > represent the ammount buffered. sorry if this sounds confusing... good
> > luck,
> > matt320
>
> No, not confusing- I think it's cleared it up. I have seen something about
> buffering as you suggest. With some sites, as I suggested, it doesn't
> happen, but maybe they force you to wait till the buffering is complete, or
> perhaps I've been viewing these when the internet connection is faster.
> Anyway, it all sounds logical so thanks for that.
>
> Regards
>
> Pat Macguire
>
>
>
 
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