Why do videos freeze on my pc?

Question

I try to watch videos on my laptop and they freeze a lot. I have windows xp, and 2gb for my laptop. I am also using a wireless network if that has something to do with it. Videos sometimes freeze on my desktop too. If I pause videos on Youtube they don't buffer, and ask to replay about 2 minutes into the video. Windows media player freezes too. If I pause the video it makes no difference

I have high speed internet its cox, and my signal is excellent

Answer 1

you probably need the correct codecs.....2 Gb is a lot of ram to cause playback problems.

google for ffdshow or head to http://doom9.org to learn about it

Wireless can affect video streaming to your computer. Check that u have a strong signal

Answer 2

I have noticed that youtube has suddenly got worse too...both on my laptop (xp) and my PS3...the best way is to pause the clip until the red bar has filled up and the data has been fully downloaded..although just lately...it seems to glitch for a few seconds at the same point in the vid..about 3/4 of the way through..never mind, its not that much of a hardship

Answer 3

watching internet video depends on ur internet connection, if u have little or no wireless signal, it will also dramatically slow down the internet on that computer.