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Guest P & H Macguire
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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

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RE: Video question

 

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

Guest P & H Macguire
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Re: Video question

 

 

"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

Posted

Re: Video question

 

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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