Posted by jack in portal.cgkq.com
I have a new laptop, an excellent wireless connection and no software problems, however if i try to watch something on Youtube or BBC iplayer it runs really slowly and stops all the time.
Any ideas how i can stop this?
It sounds like your connection is not fast enough.
You can Pause the video to give it time to load and then Play.Do you use a router or modem or both to connect to the internet, id use an ethernet cable to connect to the router or modem if you can, see if that helpsI don't think you can stop it in the sense you're meaning. When you watch a video online it has to link to the site and it is downloaded piecemeal based on the size of the "buffer". A computer system will have a "buffer" where it will download say 1MB for example and then play it while downloading the next chunk. If the "buffered" data is watched before the next piece has finished downloading, then you get jerky images or it might just stop. This happens on PCs also and one solution I've found (especially for Youtube) is to just wait until the entire clip has been downloaded (watch the progress bar at the bottom of the view window) and then watch the clip uninterrupted.
If you watch streaming videos from other sites say I-player for example, I would suggest changing the download quality of the video you're trying to watch. Some higher quality downloads just won't work on systems without the correct settings or at least the best you'll get is slow and jerky. If you select a mid-quality stream the images and sound will usuallly be much better. You might be able to change the download buffer size on your lap-top to capture more data at a time or you could find an video upgrade which improves performance but I don't know of any offhand.Yeah, what chris said. You need to know your wireless connection is no where near as fast or reliable as your wired network. Packet loss between your router and your laptop will be greater on the wireless connection. To reduce loss, connect with a networking cable.#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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